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cc733197-48b4-46be-8c5d-a41089bf9ce7 | 2016-07-25T08:27:57+00:00 | 2013-03-01 | 0 | http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1550681-handicapping-all-30-nba-teams-playoff-chances-as-they-head-down-the-stretch | In handicapping all 30 NBA teams' playoff chances as we head down the final stretch, the potential for major moves within the standings remains in each conference.
While there are certainly a collection of teams locked into playoff positions at this point—and those similarly locked out—a handful of playoff bubble teams will certainly make this last 30 percent of the 2012-13 regular season compelling.
From the Los Angeles Lakers to the Golden State Warriors, the fiercest battles for playoff berths reside in the Western Conference.
While there is less of chance in the Eastern Conference for a team to move past those currently occupying the final playoff spots, there is still plenty of room for maneuvering within the middle seeds.
Each team is listed according to its projected finish as the month of March begins and the chances it has at advancing to the postseason. | 169 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824217.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00156-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.953719 |
5bec26fe-68d4-423c-ac70-f577f5fddc47 | 2015-04-02T10:16:30+00:00 | 2015-04-02 | 0 | http://www.ireland.com/en-gb/amazing-places/wild-atlantic-way-donegal-to-mayo/all/1-9937/ | Maddens Bridge Bar
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Main Street, Bundoran, Donegal, Republic of Ireland
Maddens Bridge Bar is a family run pub in the seaside resort of Bundoran. Throughout the day and night, tourists and locals mingle in the ambience of this lively pub. Excellent home cooked food is served daily.
Maddens Bridge Bar is a family run business in the beautiful seaside resort of Bundoran in South Donegal. Boasting a world envied birds eye view of the north west surfing mecca “The Peak”, acclaimed traditional music performers and a pint that “slides down the gullet like a penguin in a wetsuit”, the bridge has it all!!
In true Irish style this pub is full of character and designed with a mixture of church and country-style decor adorned with wood and bric-a-brac. Traditional Irish music is available every Thursday night with extra nights arranged during the summer season. Excellent home cooked food is served daily along with all the traditional trimmings, as well as great grills, vegetarian and mexican dishes.
Bundoran is also a gateway to the North-West, bordering Sligo, Leitrim and Fermanagh, making the Bridge Bar the ideal base for touring the north west of Ireland.
Bundoran runs for a mile along the coast road and has a fantastic beach along with some of the finest scenic coastal walks in Ireland. Surfers from around the world descend on Bundoran throughout the year to catch the epic swells rolling in from the Atlantic. Bundoran is known among the surfing community to have the best surfing coast in Europe. | 347 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427132827069.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323174707-00115-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.943392 |
b62d3159-fd36-48bf-988c-8554da6a47d4 | 2017-08-19T11:21:04+00:00 | 2016-07-19 | 1 | https://www.georgiapol.com/2016/07/19/fannin-co-journalist-arrest-draws-fbi-inquiry/ | The ongoing saga of the arrest and jailing of the editor of the Fannin Focus and his attorney has apparently drawn the interest of the FBI. The original case against both, Mark Thomason and his attorney, was dismissed late last week but various news sources are reporting the FBI is talking to many people involved in the original dust-up.
The focus of the FBI inquiry does not involve the editor or a potential violation of his civil rights but rather on the judicial spending accounts of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit. The inquiry is reviewing checks written on that account as far back as 2013.
Chief Judge of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, Brenda Weaver, has attributed the inquiry to “small town politics”. Judge Weaver is also the chairperson of the Judicial Qualifications Commission charged with investigating judicial misconduct. | 161 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105341.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819105009-20170819125009-00093.warc.gz | 0.973485 |
8c0deb56-087e-414f-9b67-325b29e70270 | 2022-05-20T12:59:07+00:00 | 2018-03-25 | 0 | https://ashleighsbookshelf.co.uk/2018/03/25/review-plot-29-allan-jenkins/ | I am getting so close to finishing the longlist of the Wellcome prize now (as I write this it is the 15th of March and I have 5 days before the shortlist is announced and 2 books to finish!).
Plot 29 is a book which I found quite confusing. I think as a memoir around fostering, childhood neglect, and the struggle of finding a biological family it would be good, and as a book about keeping an allotment it would be good, however the combination of the two I found rather bizarre if I am entirely honest and something that as I reader I didn’t enjoy all that much. As with another memoir on the list I really struggled to find how this is relevant to bioscience or health – the link is just too tenuous for me (especially as I believe it was put on the list because of the mental health aspect of the piece, which I didn’t even pick up on!) So, for me this wasn’t really something I would have continued reading if it wasn’t for me wanting to read the entire longlist cover to cover!
The book essentially revolves around a year on an allotment in London – Plot 29 – which Jenkins is caring for. The book is based around this plot, and the year in a life of it. But that’s where the logic to the chronology ends. Within chapters there is so much jumping about, one moment we’re in 2016/17 and the next we’re in another decade – even the flashbacks and fragments of the past aren’t in any sort of order. This for me made even the major personal events in the book really anticlimactic and dull. And they shouldn’t have been, as I said initially if this book focused solely on his experience as a foster child, finding biological relatives, and also followed a logical chronology I think it could have been a really powerful piece of writing.
Unfortunately this book wasn’t for me – I feel a bit like it was mis-sold if I’m entirely honest. I appreciate this is someone’s life, and I am not in any way saying that it wasn’t moving but I found that as a book the way it was positioned felt a bit cramped. I find it interesting that it was originally to be a book about gardening and a year in an allotment with a little bit of personal stuff thrown in, but over time it grew in to what it became. I know a lot of people who have loved this book, and will love this book if they read it – but if we all liked the same things it’d be a dull old world! | 549 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662532032.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520124557-20220520154557-00425.warc.gz | 0.980099 |
75aacffe-2043-4bb2-b69b-8a8a205492a4 | 2022-05-21T15:05:48+00:00 | 2020-05-21 | 1 | https://events.timesunion.com/event/wanda-sykes-live-at-the-egg--dx3d59z9o1 | DOORS 6PM • SHOWTIME 7PM
The Hart Theatre @ The Egg • Albany, NY
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WANDA SYKES is an Emmy winning stand up comic, writer, actress and producer who has been entertaining audiences for over twenty years. She has ranked among Entertainment Weekly’s “25 Funniest People in America” and her peers have called her “one of the funniest stand-up comics” in the field.
In 2020, Wanda received Emmy nominations for both her role as real-life comic ‘Moms Mabley’ in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and for her voice work as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers, a role she originated in 2004. Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth and latest standup special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal, is currently streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards; “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination.
Wanda can currently be seen in the Netflix’s comedy The Upshaws, which she is writing, producing and starring in. The Upshaws centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints. She recently produced and was a part of the Apple TV+ 5-part documentary series Visible; Out on Television, about how the LGBTQ movement has shaped the history of the medium. Each hour-long episode explores themes of homophobia, the evolution of the LGBTQ character, and coming out in the television industry.
Wanda spent five years on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine co-starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as well as HBO’s critically acclaimed The Chris Rock Show (the latter of which earned her two Emmy nominations and one win). She has appeared in Broad City, House of Lies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and many more hit television shows. Other TV credits include Fox’s Wanda at Large which she wrote, produced and starred in, Wanda Does It on Comedy Central, and Crank Yankers. Wanda even starred on her own late-night talk show on Fox, The Wanda Sykes Show.
In 2017, Wanda was seen in the feature comedy Snatched, opposite Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn. She was also seen in Evan Almighty (sequel to Bruce Almighty), in which she co-starred with Steve Carell, the cult-hit Monster-In-Law with Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Pootie Tang, Nutty Professor 2; The Klumps, Down to Earth and many more.
Wanda has had four comedy specials prior to Not Normal; 2016’s What Happened…Ms. Sykes? which premiered on Epix, 2009’s Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me on HBO, nominated for two Emmys, HBO’s 2006 comedy special Wanda Sykes: Sick & Tired, nominated for a 2007 Emmy for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special,” and her first, 2003’s Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied, which premiered on Comedy Central. Her stand up has tackled everything from politics and marriage to racial profiling and parenting.
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df30c9b3-5c85-42dc-a8c0-89cafb62a48a | 2022-05-20T09:43:48+00:00 | 2022-05-05 | 1 | https://adviseeating.com/2022/05/05/bidens-new-chief-of-environmental-justice-faces-a-difficult-task-advice-eating/ | The role was created in 2020 as Biden made environmental justice a priority for every federal government agency, as part of an effort to correct historical mistakes that have disproportionately increased pollution and disease in disadvantaged communities.
Biden’s focus on environmental justice led to a year of progress — and burnout
“Jalonne is a strong and effective advocate for communities overburdened by pollution and exposed to decades of ecological injustice,” Brenda Mallory, chair of the council, said in a statement. Her “ability to listen carefully, bring people together and find creative solutions” is invaluable to the job, the statement said.
“We have a wonderful opportunity to institutionalize practices that not only transform lives, but save lives,” White-Newsome said in a statement. “I look forward to rolling up my sleeves to increase the number of environmental justice champions within the walls of our agencies as I continue to listen and collaborate with environmental justice leaders in communities across the country.”
White-Newsome, a Detroit native with a PhD in environmental health sciences from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, will take on a daunting job at a small, understaffed agency. She will work with 25 members of the White House’s Environmental Justice Advisory Council, some of whom believe the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is lagging far behind in fulfilling its mission.
Mallory and CEQ have yet to explain how Biden will ship hundreds of millions of dollars to communities in states with Republican governors opposed to their mission. Activists on the ground in states including Louisiana, Alabama and Texas have said they doubt they will ever see such funding.
Recent studies have shown that federal policies of redlining — racial discrimination in housing policies for more than a quarter century — resulted in the placement of pollution sources in and around Black and Hispanic communities, degrading air quality in those locations.
A study by the Environmental Protection Agency showed that particulate air pollution disproportionately harms black Americans across all states and income brackets.
Other studies have shown that air pollution is disproportionately caused by the country’s white majority, but that its damage is felt primarily by African Americans and Latinos.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It still harms minorities today.
Biden’s vow to build environmental justice into every federal agency has met with limited success. Some agencies, such as the Departments of Transport and Health and Human Services, have warmly welcomed the effort, while others have lagged behind.
White-Newsome is expected to urge departments like agriculture to pay more attention to how their work can help advance environmental justice.
The Biden administration also pledged to measure its progress on environmental justice with an annual report. So far, she has not managed to create this list of achievements and shortcomings.
But Biden has made strides to lessen the burden of environmental injustice. At least $55 billion from the Infrastructure Act is earmarked for improving sewage facilities, including $15 billion to remove lead pipes that have contaminated drinking water in cities like Flint, Mich.
About $28 million has been spent on preventive coastal erosion on Native American lands at the Kenai River Bluffs in Alaska, $65 billion has been spent on improving the country’s power grid, and $1 billion is said to be for the dissected Communities, including many blacks, were reconnecting through massive freeway projects that began in the early 1960s.
The harder work lies ahead, but Mallory runs an agency of just six people dedicated to environmental justice. Council members say at least 50 staff are needed, along with more funding that the government’s climate leadership, including national climate adviser Gina McCarthy, has failed to muster.
Martinez was an acclaimed choice to lead CEQ’s first-ever environmental justice initiative. Like White-Newsome, she is an academic with extensive experience working with activists. But the lack of staff support and the long working days were killing her, she said.
“I felt like I wasn’t as high quality as I should be,” Martinez said of her final days at CEQ. “You know, like I can feel myself just getting tired. I just needed a break.”
Martinez told Mallory about her retirement plan long before she did. But it came as a shock to some members of the panel.
Biden officials launch screening tool to identify polluted communities
“Every person you lose like Cecilia Martinez is a step backwards,” said María Belén Power, an environmental justice panelist and associate executive director of GreenRoots, after Martinez resigned. “You can’t entrust all the work to one person, two people, or three people. … I see in this work … people who burn out year after year.”
Peggy Shepard, advisory board member and executive director of New York-based We Act for Environmental Justice, said White-Newsome has the credentials to make her new job stand out.
“She has a wide range of experience,” Shepard said. “She has worked in business, at the state government level and with environmental justice groups.”
White-Newsome is a former analyst for We Act. She was also a Senior Program Officer at the Kresge Foundation, where she created the Climate Resilience and Equitable Water Systems Initiative to address climate and water inequities.
In addition to her Michigan degree, White-Newsome holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
“She’s had the opportunity to get a really good grasp of politics and grassroots people. She knows how government works, which I think is pretty crucial for this role,” Shepard said. “Of course you have to know about environmental justice and environmental justice policy.”
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81125af5-1f5c-4c2d-a84c-bfa46e422d40 | 2019-08-20T07:55:51+00:00 | 2019-07-15 | 1 | http://www.mrcoolcars.com/gm-will-increase-the-manufacturing-of-its-chevrolet-silverado-and-gmc-sierra-hd-vehicles/ | Final month, GM introduced a $ 24 million funding in its meeting plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to extend the manufacturing of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC 1500 pickup vehicles. Automotive anticipates robust demand for its redesigned heavyweights, injecting $ 150 million into its Flint meeting plant in Michigan.
The Flint Manufacturing facility delivers the primary batch of Chevrolet Silverado autos and GMC Sierra redesigned obligation vehicles to sellers this week. Launched earlier this yr, these vehicles promise a most towing capability of 52% larger than earlier variations, for a complete of 35,500 kilos. The fashions additionally characteristic powertrain upgrades, together with a brand new Allison 10-speed automated transmission for the 6.6-liter diesel engine, in addition to extra superior cab applied sciences.
The automaker has invested greater than $ 1.6 billion in Flint's plant since 2013. This cash has allowed GM to extend the capability of its HD pickups by about 40 000 autos a yr.
A thousand new jobs have been created this yr on the Flint plant. At this time, the manufacturing unit employs greater than 5,000 staff. From right here the primary half of subsequent yr, GM may have modified the manufacturing unit conveyors and upgraded the tooling to assist elevated manufacturing capability for vehicles.
It stays to be seen how GM heavyweights behave on gross sales charts. GM had a significant disappointment: Ram surpassed Chevrolet to change into the second hottest heavyweight model within the first quarter of the yr. However in case you add Sierra gross sales to Silverado gross sales, GM nonetheless has a lead over Ram within the normal-size race. | 331 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315258.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820070415-20190820092415-00105.warc.gz | 0.918791 |
e040eaaa-095f-41ac-bfd1-9f70c74e616e | 2022-05-27T21:57:43+00:00 | 2019-12-31 | 1 | https://cloud7.news/cloud/a-deeper-look-into-the-cloud-ecosystem-in-2019/ | Cloud computing keeps growing as expected in 2019 too. Let’s take a look at what the researches say about the cloud ecosystem in 2019.
With the tech giants investments, cloud computing is now a multi-billion dollar economy and probably the broadest and the most complex ecosystem of technologies, products, and services. With more and more enterprises are moving to the cloud environment every day it seems like it will keep growing in 2020 too. But for now, let’s take a look at the numbers of 2019 in the cloud environment.
Three types of cloud computing services
For a better understanding of the cloud ecosystem, it is crucial to know the main cloud computing services. Each type has its own specific range of services provided. So here are the three main types of cloud computing services:
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
In IaaS, the cloud service provider supplies on-demand access to customers, such as networking, storage, and servers. In other words, the customer can run the platform and applications within the provider’s infrastructure. Customers can also scale the hardware provided by the cloud service provider to fulfill the storage and processing needs.
Platform as a service (PaaS)
In this version, the customer can develop, manage, and host applications in a cloud environment provided by the cloud service provider. The provider also offers a platform to support testing and development for the applications. And providers are also responsible for the infrastructure, security, operating systems, and backups.
Software as a service (SaaS)
In SaaS, the provider gives the customer access to their cloud-based software. So the customer will not be installing the software on a local device, instead, the provider gives the customer access to the provider’s software via the web or an API. Storing and analyzing data, installing, managing and upgrading the software is taken care of by the provider. There are three options for SaaS, public, private, and hybrid:
A private cloud is a service that you can host your own data center or intranet. Management, update, and upgrades on your own cloud ecosystem of server, networking, software, or platform resources will be owned by you. Thus, you should protect it with your own firewall or other security solutions.
In a public cloud, the provider offers you access to the data center. But unlike private cloud, in public cloud solutions, the cloud service provider is responsible for all management, maintenance, security, and upgrade processes.
As the name implies, a hybrid cloud solution is a mix of both public and private cloud services. Customers are responsible for interactions between these services.
24% growth from the previous year
According to the data published by the Synergy Research Group, across seven key cloud service and infrastructure market segments, operator and vendor revenues for the first half of 2019 passed the $150 billion milestone, having grown by 24% from the first half of 2018. IaaS & PaaS had the highest growth rate at 44%, followed by enterprise SaaS at 27%, UCaaS at 23% and hosted private cloud infrastructure services at 20%.
Across the whole cloud ecosystem, companies that featured the most prominently among the first half market segment leaders were Microsoft, Amazon/AWS, Dell EMC, Cisco, HPE and Google. Other major players included Salesforce, Adobe, VMware, IBM, Digital Realty, Equinix and Rackspace. In aggregate, these companies accounted for well over half of all cloud-related revenues.
$427 billion in 2019
According to the projection made by Gartner in the spring of 2019, worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.79 trillion in 2019, an increase of 1.1 percent from 2018. The shift of enterprise IT spending from traditional (noncloud) offerings to new, cloud-based alternatives is continuing to drive growth in the enterprise software market. In 2019, the market is forecast to reach $427 billion, up 7.1% from $399 billion in 2018. The largest cloud shift has so far occurred in application software.
The data center systems segment will experience the largest decline in 2019 with a decrease of 2.8%. This is mainly due to the expected lower average selling prices in the server market driven by adjustments in the pattern of expected component costs.
Public cloud spending will double by 2023
According to the projections of IDC, worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will more than double over the 2019-2023 forecast period. With a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.3%, public cloud spending will grow from $229 billion in 2019 to nearly $500 billion in 2023.
Software as a Service (SaaS) will be the largest category of cloud computing, capturing more than half of all public cloud spending throughout the forecast. SaaS spending, which is comprised of applications and system infrastructure software (SIS), will be dominated by applications purchases. The leading SaaS applications will be customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource management (ERM). Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) will be the second-largest category of public cloud spending throughout the forecast, followed by Platform as a Service (PaaS).
SaaS public cloud market share
Another research also made by Synergy in the summer of 2019 shows that the SaaS market is dominated by five vendors. In Q1 the enterprise SaaS market generated well over $23 billion of revenue for software vendors and will hit a $100 billion annual run rate in the current quarter. The market continues to grow at almost 30% per year. Microsoft has a worldwide market share of 17% and continues to enhance its overall market leadership, thanks primarily to its dominance in the high-growth collaboration segment.
Salesforce is the second-ranked vendor in the overall enterprise SaaS market thanks to being the dominant player in CRM, though this segment has relatively low growth compared to other SaaS segments. The two leaders are followed by Adobe, SAP, and Oracle, with SAP achieving the highest growth rate among these three. In aggregate these top five SaaS vendors now account for just over half of the total market. The next ten vendors account for another 26% of the market. Among these ten, the vendors with the highest growth rates are Google, ServiceNow, and Workday.
Public cloud infrastructure market share
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 31.3% in 2018 to total $32.4 billion, up from $24.7 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. Amazon continued to lead the worldwide IaaS market with an estimated $15.5 billion of revenue in 2018, up 27% percent from 2017. The largest of the IaaS providers, Amazon accounts for nearly half of the total IaaS market.
Microsoft secured the #2 position in the IaaS market with revenue surpassing $5 billion in 2018, up from $3.1 billion in 2017. Alibaba Cloud, experienced the strongest growth among the leading vendors, growing 92.6% in 2018. The company has built an ecosystem consisting of managed service providers (MSPs) and independent software vendors (ISVs). Google came in at the #4 spot, growing 60.2% in revenue from 2017.
Reasons to choose cloud
More and more businesses moving to the cloud each year. There are some common reasons to choose cloud for most businesses and there are also some specific needs that can be fulfilled with cloud solutions more effectively and faster. Here are some of those reasons to choose cloud solutions:
Contracts with private data centers, hardware and software providers must be renewed periodically. This gives the businesses the opportunity to reconsider the specific services they need and the solutions that can fulfill those needs. Thus, businesses can make the transition easier to a more cost-effective cloud solution.
Data compliance can be a significant resource challenge if you are operating an on-premise solution. Evolution and continuing management of compliance regulations can easily be avoided by switching to a cloud service that is already compliant.
Whether it’s lack of equipment or skills, many businesses can find it hard to deal with constantly evolving cyber-attacks. As we all know, cloud service providers are prepared against most of the attacks that can occur. Shortly, in most cases, most of the cloud service providers can protect your data better than you can.
One of the most important motivations for moving to the cloud environment for businesses is cost savings. Depending on your business’ needs, you can choose the best cloud service for your company and it will reduce the resources spent in many ways.
Businesses can scale up or down their computing and storage capabilities almost immediately. Thus, companies will not have to pay more than they are using and they can scale up in unexpected rapid growth situations.
In today’s market, even short downtimes can affect your productivity, revenue, and reputation in a negative way. For those kinds of problems, cloud providers offer rapid data recovery, even during the event of outages. Shortly, cloud services ensure your system remains operational.
Cloud computing allows remote working and keeps your employees connected safely and productive even when they are on the move. With mobile access, they can access the system via their mobile devices.
Most major cloud service providers renewable energy in data centers. If you can choose one of those providers, you can lower your carbon footprint significantly. | 1,980 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663006341.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527205437-20220527235437-00623.warc.gz | 0.944029 |
244f0a75-eabd-4e9d-80e0-26313c3d4383 | 2020-10-23T06:30:21+00:00 | 2019-11-08 | 0 | https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/san-francisco-is-set-to-restrict-e-cigarette-sales-in-2020-devices-will-require-fda-approval.258223/ | San Francisco-based e-cigarette users will likely be disappointed to hear that the city's residents have voted to place heavier restrictions on the devices beginning next year. E-cigarette makers will be required to receive FDA approval before they can sell their products in the city, which could effectively ban the sale of many such devices -- no e-cigarette products sold in San Francisco have received that approval yet.
These sales restrictions will come amidst increased pressure from regulators against e-cig and vape makers like Juul. These companies have been accused of introducing more minors to the world of tobacco addiction, and states like San Francisco have taken it upon themselves to address the problem.
San Francisco's new rules have been a long time coming. The regulations came about back in June (when they were first approved by the city's mayor) but they'd been in the works for months prior.
Shortly after the mayor's approval, Proposition C was introduced; a ballot measure (once heavily supported by Juul) that could have overturned the sale and distribution restrictions (while bringing some alternate rules in their place).
However, San Franciscan voters have largely voted against Proposition C, which means the original rules will take effect as planned. The specific enforcement date for the rules is January 1, 2020, so if you're a San Francisco resident who buys e-cigarettes regularly, it might be in your best interest to stock up now.
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5b0b985d-9e6b-4afe-af03-c83aea19faa5 | 2013-05-24T02:05:21+00:00 | 2012-05-14 | 1 | http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/yoursay/communities/beddingtonlive/latestnews/9704337.Protestors_march_against_incinerator_plans/?action=complain&cid=10380555 | Protest march through Croydon against Beddington Lane incinerator
Campaigners marched through town in protest against an incinerator, planned for the border of Sutton and Croydon, which would burn more than 200,000 tonnes of waste a year.
Organised by group Stop the Incinerator, around 100 protestors marched from Croydon University Hospital on Sunday May 13 to Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street to highlight anger over plans for an incinerator on Beddington Lane.
Marching along London Road and North End, the group laid a wreath outside the town hall before holding rallying speeches at Queens Gardens.
Shasha Khan, a member of Croydon Green Party and Stop the Incinerator, said: “We laid the wreathe as a symbol to the death of democracy. It seems our council would rather serve the interests of corporations than its public.”
A full planning application for the incinerator is expected from waste management company Viridor in June.
The company was chosen to handle waste from Croydon, Kingston, Sutton and Merton by the South London Waste Partnership (SLWP), made up of members from each area’s council, at the end of last year.
Mr Khan added: “There were people from Sutton Merton and Croydon there. This is not a political matter – the ruling party in each council has given this the go-ahead because they are thinking about costs and the increasing price of landfill.
"We would like to see Conservative counsellors from Croydon step forward and join us to protest this plan.”
Coun Phil Thomas, cabinet member for environment and highways at Croydon Council and chairman of the SLWP , said: “The organisers of the march must have been disappointed by the turnout, most people were either Labour of Green Party members and the remainder of the people are those who like to go on marches."
He accused campaigners of spreading misinformation about the potential impact of an incinerator.
He said: “All they are interested in is scare-mongering.
“There are 400 plus facilities of this kind across Europe and the UK. Can they find anywhere in the world where they have cause any health problems?” | 466 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964618 |
4024ace1-0590-4273-8625-5a0713638fb8 | 2013-05-19T19:04:57+00:00 | 2012-07-03 | 1 | http://www.mambaonline.com/article.asp?artid=7128 | ZIM COUPLE ARRESTED OVER GAY PHONE PICS
Tue, 3 July 2012Two men have been arrested in Harare after a shop assistant found pictures of them embracing on one of the men's cell phone.
New Zimbabwe.com reported that the phone had been left at the phone shop to recharge.
When a shop assistant went through the phone's pictures, he found an image of the two men kissing and in a naked embrace on a bed.
The men, identified only as Andrew and Esau, were arrested after a mob formed around the shop threatening to lynch them. Police are said to have struggled to control the crowd and protect the men.
A vendor who knows the men said that Andrew told the crowd that he and Esau had been out a few weeks ago and got drunk, with Esau staying over at his home.
“He claimed they were wasted and ended up behaving strangely. They both claimed they don’t know who took the pictures,” said the vendor.
Harare police spokesman Inspector James Sabau told the newspaper: “I can confirm that we have arrested two men who are assisting officers with their investigations following the discovery of a set of images of a sexual nature."
While no charges have been brought at present, sources said that the men "are likely to be charged with crimes against morality, specifically sodomy".
Gay sex, along with members of the same sex holding hands, hugging or kissing, is illegal in Zimbabwe with penalties of up to three years in jail.
In May, Zimbabwe’s Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay that "any person who commits homosexual activities will be arrested” in the country. | 360 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.980223 |
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8a50a5a7-b32d-466a-8b14-aa90c648f465 | 2017-08-20T15:25:00+00:00 | 2014-01-02 | 0 | https://btlhockeyandbaseball.wordpress.com/author/willsports/ | The 2014 Olympics begin on February 7th with the opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia. The men’s tournament will begin the next day with two games. The deadline for countries to finalize their Olympic rosters is January 4th, 2014. In the mean time, we get to have some fun with predictions. Here are the participating countries. The U.S. have already finalized their roster and the rest are yet to be revealed. Stats are as of January 2nd, 2014.
Russia: Assuming the Russians go with three NHL goaltenders (which I doubt they will), the best three in my opinion would be:
- Semyon Varlamov (COL)
- Sergei Bobrovsky (CLB)
- Evgeni Nabokov (NYI)
Varlamov would be the ideal guy to get the starting role. With a respectable 2.33 GAA, Semyon will get the nod to start. As for spots two and three, these could go to guys like Vasily Koshechkin (21-9 1.92 GAA) or Alexander Yeremenko (21-4 1.84 GAA) both in the KHL. Nabokov beats out Ilya Bryzgalov in my books because of the uncertainty of Bryz and the fact that he’s only played a handful of games this year.
Slovakia: My predictions for the Slovaks are the exact same as the 2010 roster, only in a different order:
- Jaroslav Halak (STL)
- Peter Budaj (MTL)
- Rastislav Stana (KHL)
Budaj got the start for Slovakia in 2010, but since then Halak and Budaj have switched teams and Halak became a starting goalie in Montreal. Halak is (17-6) this year and despite having some injury issues this year, he will most likely get the start. Stana (10-10 2.33 GAA) in the KHL will battle Jaroslav Janus (12-11 2.95 GAA) also in the KHL for the final spot.
U.S.A: Goalies already announced:
- Jonathan Quick (LAK)
- Ryan Miller (BUF)
- Jimmy Howard (DET)
The only debate the rose with this announcement was whether it should be Howard or Cory Schneider who gets the third position. I would replace Miller with Schneider as Miller has proven this year, he has lost most of his touch.
Slovenia: There is not too much info surrounding the Slovenian team. The projected goalies in my eyes would likely be the goalies that were on the team when Slovenia qualified for the Olympics.
- Andrej Hočevar (Elite.A)
- Robert Kristen (KHL)
- Luka Gračnar (Austria)
No one is expecting much from the Slovenians. All the best to them in the tournament.
Finland: This year’s Finnish squad is looking at a whole new crop of goalies thanks to the retirement of Miikka Kiprusoff and Antero Nittymaki.
- Tuukka Rask (BOS)
- Antti Niemi (SJS)
- Kari Lehtonen (DAL)
The Hardest choice for Finland will be deciding to start either the statistically better Tuukka Rask (20-9 1.99 GAA) or the more experienced Antti Niemi (22-8 2.39 GAA). I would let them split the round robin games and make a decision for when the quarter finals come around. By then a true #1 will emerge, and hey, maybe it will be good ol’ Kari Lehtonen.
Canada: Canada has the most options in net this year. So if anyone goes down with an injury they will have 10+ goalies waiting in line. I’m guessing Martin Brodeur won’t be making another appearance although he continues to defy odds in the NHL.
- Roberto Luongo (VAN)
- Carey Price (MTL)
- Corey Crawford (CHI)
The 2nd and 3rd spots could easily be switched at any moment. With so many options, these guys will need to be on top of their game to get a look at. Mike Smith (15-9 2.86 GAA) may be swapped in for Corey Crawford (17-6 2.49 GAA). I still can’t understand why Marc-Andre Fleury (22-10 2.15 GAA) doesn’t get any attention. Just because he had a few slip-ups in recent playoffs, he is completely overlooked despite leading the league in wins.
Norway: There’s only one active Norwegian in the NHL and that is right-winger Mats Zuccarello. As for goaltending, Norway doesn’t have much to choose from.
- Lars Haugen (KHL)
- Ruben Smith (GET-ligaen)
- André Lysenstøen (Mestis League)
Not that I know much about these guys, but one of the 2010 Olympic goalies Pal Grotnes is aging and may be pushed aside thanks to the young guys like 26-year-old Lars Haugen (5-12 2.67 GAA) in the KHL.
Austria: These guys didn’t participate in the 2010 Olympics but this year they could play spoiler for some teams. There isn’t too many options for Austria in net but here is who I think should start thanks to some help from the web.
- Bernhrd Starkbaum (SHL)
- Mathias Lange (DEL )
- Rene Swette (EBHL)
All three of these guys could contend to be the starting goalie… as far as I’m concerned.
Czech Republic: A classic Czech roster containing Tomas Vokoun and Jaromir Jagr will most likely await us in February.
- Ondrej Pavelec (WPG)
- Michal Neuvirth (WSH)
- Tomas Vokoun (PIT)
Michal Neuvirth (2-3 2.83 GAA) makes a jump onto the roster this year. Although he backs up Braden Holtby currently in Washington, he has proven to us he can play well enough to earn a spot. I will be amazed if Czech republic decides to go with Alexander Salak in the KHL instead of giving Neuvirth the experience.
Sweden: The Swedes are always hungry for a gold medal and this year is no different. With a rise in young Swedish NHL goalies this year, I wouldn’t be surprised if all three tenders belong to an NHL club and not a KHL one.
- Henrik Lundqvist (NYR)
- Jonas Gustavsson (DET)
- Viktor Fasth (ANA)
Lundqvist is a shoo-in to get a spot but Gustavsson (11-3 2.39 GAA) has definitely deserved his spot on the roster after appearing in 17 games so far thanks to Jimmy Howard’s injuries in Detroit. As for Viktor Fasth, the Ducks goalie could have some competition, among them being Eddie Lack, Anders Lindback and Jhonas Enroth.
Switzerland: No matter who they play, they always seem to play a strong sixty minutes. That wouldn’t be possible without goaltending and Jonas Hiller always delivers for the Swiss in tournaments.
- Jonas Hiller (ANA)
- Reto Berra (CGY)
- Tobias Stephan (Swiss League A)
If Hiller plays like he normally does, than there will be no need for the other two goalies. Reto Berra (5-11 2.92) doesn’t have outstanding stats thanks to playing for Calgary, but may get the nod to back up Hiller. Tobias Stephan was on the 2010 roster and has NHL experience in Dallas.
Latvia: There isn’t one NHL or KHL goalie born in Latvia, meaning they will have to look at the 2010 goalies. Too bad Edgars Masaļskis is a 33-year-old free agent and Sergejs Naumovs is 44-years-old and retired.
- Ervins Mustukovs (SHL)
- Edgars Masalkis (FA)
- Kristers Gudlevskis (AHL-Syracuse Crunch)
I’m placing my bets that Masalkis plays for Latvia despite being a free agent. Gudleyskis is currently with the Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. | 1,844 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106779.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820150632-20170820170632-00289.warc.gz | 0.932345 |
0a3bbd56-5c38-428d-b454-5316db8a1e59 | 2017-08-17T21:07:29+00:00 | 2017-08-17 | 1 | http://www.stpaulsbarton.co.uk/ | Christian News, Updated daily
At least 12 dead in Barcelona terrorist van attack; Islamic State claims responsibility
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Character counts: Trump failed the nation, but this forgiving family showed true leadership
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Sierra Leone buries its dead: 'We've never seen anything like this,' says Tearfund worker
Hundreds of people died in what is being described as one of Africa's worst flood disasters when a mountainside collapsed the town of Regent.
Charlottesville puts Trump on the brink: US President increasingly isolated as Christians, generals and staffers condemn his response
Donald Trump's grip on the presidency appeared to be slipping today as some white evangelicals joined two senior military generals and a series of White House staffers in condemning him over his disastrous handling of the Charlottesville violence.
If not after Charlottesville, then when? Why evangelicals must denounce Trump
It isn't too late to pull the support for Trump, even now. But if his prevarication in the face of an actual Nazi march in the heart of the old South isn't enough to make them do it, when, oh when, will they?
How does the average American pray – and what for?
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of rock 'n ' roll icon Elvis Presley. The star defined his era, and continues to be adored by many today – but some forget that the colourful character was also a born-again Christian. | 1,065 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104160.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817210535-20170817230535-00483.warc.gz | 0.952813 |
223f64f5-463f-44c2-a7e7-177ee8b675ad | 2016-07-27T07:42:26+00:00 | 2010-12-08 | 1 | http://leavenworthstreet.blogspot.com/2010/12/thinking-about-it.html?showComment=1291848864917 | story in the OWH about whether or not Ben Nelson will run for reelection in 2012.
First various talkers predicted (as no doubt directed) that Ben will run again. Then again, Tony Raimondo also told us way back when that he would be a lifelong Republican, so take it for what it’s worth.
But then note the names Robynn Tysver listed as being interested in a Senate bid, along with Bruning, Flynn and Stenberg: State Auditor Mike Foley and Rep Jeff Fortenberry.
Now we are still of the belief that either Foley or Fortenberry may run, but not both.
So for one, the fact that either is listed means that there is still some serious consideration going on.
However, we and many other had pretty much marked Fort off the list. Well, that is unless Nelson decides not to run in 2012. In which case the floodgates may open, and someone like Fortenberry would be much more likely to run.
And again, the fact that the OWH printed that each of those two is interested means that there is some serious consideration by each.
Not to mention, who the OWH may back.
Then there was Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle on his media kvetching tour -- first there was Channel 6, then KFAB, and now his woe-is-me to the OWH.
And who is really taking the brunt of this Recall business? Well, the Mayor says, that would be his nine-year-old grandson. (Of course maybe the Mayor should direct Sonny towards Captain Underpants instead of the blogs.)
But here is an idea: Shouldn’t the Mayor resign now, instead of subjecting the boy to all this pain and anguish?
(Hey, he invoked his grandson, not us.)
And for Roget’s sake Aida, please hand the Mayor another cliché instead of “nose-to-the-grindstone”. He is giving worn-out phrases a bad name. Sounding like a broken-record. You get the picture.
And we are still hearing rumblings about the various candidates who may or may not get into the race, should the Mayor fall in January.
Of course many of the names are all based on whether or not the GOP Elephant in the room, Hal Daub, gets in or not.
If he is out, you will probably need a Rolodex to keep track of all the interested candidates. | 522 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257826736.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071026-00304-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.967273 |
598f4bc1-c3eb-4ccc-bdfd-605c12f19086 | 2017-08-20T15:42:30+00:00 | 2013-08-20 | 1 | https://creativetrampoline.wordpress.com/tag/movie-adaptation/ | In a parallel universe somewhere, I am probably responsible for casting things. Unfortunately, in this one, that doesn’t happen too frequently, and when it does, it certainly isn’t Hollywood. But one can dream, right? And dreaming’s what I do, so one of my fave pastimes is coming up with an imaginary cast for a hypothetical live-action movie adaptation of basically anything (usually books or musicals).
Anyhow, here’s my current imaginary cast for Wicked (the musical) if they make a movie adaptation:
Lea Michele as Elphaba
Come on, you guys, Lea Michele looks like she could be Idina Menzel’s daughter. (See: Glee.)
Kristin Bell as Glinda
It’s about time Kristen Bell got a live-action singing role. Also, she’s tiny (though not quite as tiny as Chenoweth) and probably could do our perky, pink-wearing popular witch justice.
Sam Claflin as Fiyero
Finnick as Fiyero! If you’re wondering about his ability to sing, Sam played Enjolras in a Norfolk Theatre production of Les Mis (check it out here), and his performance was well-received. But mostly it’s that innate cheekiness he has, that winning charm.
Daniel Radcliffe as Boq
Our Danny Boy has, er, the right height for a Munchkin boy. Plus he’s done the musical “How to Succeed in Business.” I just hope he’s not sick and tired of going to magical schools . . .
Anna Kendrick as Nessarose
Sure, Kendrick has been in every other movie musical these days, which could be a tad annoying, but Nessarose herself is supposed to be a tad annoying anyway.
James McAvoy as Doctor Dillamond
I briefly considered Johnny Depp, seeing as he loves costumey things and musicals, but due to McAvoy’s extensive goat-playing experience (see: Narnia), he wins this one.
Meryl Streep as Madame Morrible
The Hollywood Powers-That-Be have issued a decree saying Meryl Streep must be cast in every significant movie-musical from now on. Done.
Robert Downey Jr. as The Wizard of OzDon’t you think this is a more inspired choice than James Franco? RDJ is made of awesomeness.
Idina Menzel as Elphaba’s Mother
Customary Original Broadway Cast cameo. Also, hel-lo, Lea Michele’s mother? Obvious answer is obvious.
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That about sums it up! Next up, probably The Night Circus, which I’ve just finished and absolutely love. I’m also willing to take on any requests. Cheers! | 612 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106779.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820150632-20170820170632-00293.warc.gz | 0.951448 |
1fce10e4-15e2-49ae-95a7-540f6e1a224e | 2019-08-21T03:32:17+00:00 | 2019-08-21 | 0 | https://blog.securitycamerasdirect.com/business-security/easy-ways-to-secure-your-business/ | Easy Ways To Secure Your Business
Your business in , is one of the biggest investments in your life, and making sure that it succeeds is important. Of course, a huge part of that success comes in making sure that you take the steps needed to drive profits up while keeping overall costs as low as possible. You can plan for a lot of things, but one thing that you won’t be able to plan for is theft or other unaccounted loss.
The Big Problem of Business Loss in ,
Every business takes a loss to one degree or another, but did you know that as much as 75% of employees have stolen something from their employer at least once? Whether it’s hours on the time clock, money from the till, or products that they’re taking without you knowing about it, stopping theft is a must.
Stopping Loss in ,
And whether you’re stopping employee theft or theft and loss from outside sources, it’s incredibly important that you secure your business properly. Here are a few easy tips that can increase your company security and lower overall loss.
Buy A Safe
A safe is a must-have for any business. Place it in your office or an off-limits area and keep access to it limited to yourself and only a small number of people that you trust. You can even invest in safes that can’t be opened but that allow for deposits of money while the door is still locked.
Keep Inventory Counts
You should always schedule routine inventory counts to keep an eye on products. This includes inventory on your shelves for sale as well as stored items like cleaning supplies, office products, and more. Even small incidents of theft of these items can add up to significant costs over the year.
Monitor the Register
The register is obviously where much risk can be found. Monitoring registers is important, and the easiest way to do so is to invest in a security camera system. The investment into the system pays for itself quickly with the peace of mind and the loss prevention that it offers.
Lock Up Valuables
You likely have some items that are much higher in value than others. Investing in locking cabinets or display cases to lock these up is an easy way to make sure that they aren’t stolen by anyone.
Use Access Monitoring
Access control systems let you set up parameters for who can access different parts of the building and even different storage areas. They’re another easy investment that pays off big.
Check Vendor Orders
Finally, be sure that you review all vendor bills and delivery lists. Sometimes you may receive an excess number of products. Products you didn’t order can add up to big costs for your business that you weren’t planning on having.
A Wise Investment
Simply put, making small investments in your time, energy, and even money can have a huge impact on your business’ future. The steps above could save you thousands of dollars and help increase your company’s profits. Talking to your security professionals can help make it even easier to add extra security to your business. | 635 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315750.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821022901-20190821044901-00058.warc.gz | 0.956489 |
a117a0d9-0c1b-4927-8f39-8a2601a15fdb | 2017-08-18T02:02:32+00:00 | 2005-08-10 | 0 | http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/08/prweb271163.htm | (PRWEB) August 10, 2005
(PRWEB) August 10, 2005 Â A new research report by Mercator Advisory Group on prepaid market forecasts discusses the load volume card forecast for 33 markets (open and closed).
Using data derived from the 2004 and 2005 prepaid market benchmarks that investigated both the Open and Closed prepaid markets, Mercator has produced the prepaid industry's first four-year forecast predicting the total spend and the total number of cards issued for market segments identified by Mercator. This report also delivers the first comparison of Open spending versus Closed spending for all relevant prepaid market segments. This information is critical to anyone planning a prepaid strategy since it identifies markets where Open Cards are gaining market share over Closed Solutions, where Closed Solutions remain dominant, and where the markets are expanding to embrace both solutions.
"While the recently released prepaid benchmark reports for Open and Closed solutions document underlying market dynamics, this report converts that information into a four year forecast of Open and Closed spending for all three markets," noted Tim Sloane, Director of Mercator Advisory Group's Debit Advisory Practice. "This forecast offers the industry its first consolidated view of the industry measuring Open cards, Closed Cards and other closed systems that include Transit, Telecommunications, Digital Media and even Utilities." Also included in this report is a total spend for each category in one consolidated table. This enables readers to extract growth rates for each sector and for the total market from Open and Closed systems.
- Today, the Closed Market is almost 1,400 percent larger than the Open Market, but Open Solutions are growing so fast that the Closed Market is only 182 percent larger than Open in 2008.
- Despite several markets that are shrinking, the Closed Solutions market will grow 112 percent between 2004 and 2008.
- While there are several Open Segments that are also shrinking, the Open Solutions market will grow by 1,600% between 2004 and 2008, gaining significant ground on Closed Solutions.
- The scenario that drives this growth in Open Solutions is heavily dependent on three segments performing as expected. Should the assumptions behind the growth of the Money & Open Gifts, Payroll, and FSA segments prove incorrect Open Segment growth may be far less than projected.
- After four years of growth, In Store Gift Cards remain the largest Closed Segment at $97.6 Billion while Payroll becomes the largest market segment for Open Solutions at $109.1 Billion.
Members of Mercator Advisory Group have access to these reports as well as the upcoming research for the year ahead, presentations, analyst access and other membership benefits. Please visit us online at http://www.mercatoradvisorygroup.com.
For more information call Mercator Advisory Group's main line: 781-419-1700. | 559 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104204.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20170818005345-20170818025345-00059.warc.gz | 0.950869 |
caa11066-eab2-430f-b6be-3a93233d3b8e | 2019-08-24T11:51:04+00:00 | 2019-02-03 | 1 | http://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Gurupura-new-bridge-by-end-of-2020.html | Mangaluru, Feb 3, 2019: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel laid foundation stone for the construction of a new bridge across River Phalguni at Gurupura on February 2, Saturday.
The bridge, being built at a cost of Rs 39.42 crore, will be 175 metres long and will have seven piers of 25-metre each. The width of the bridge is 16 metres and the road will be 10-metre wide. The pedestrian path on either sides of the road will be 3-metre wide.
The connecting road will be 500 metres long on both the sides of the bridge. The bridge, which will be completed within 24 months, will be constructed by Mugrody Construction.
The old bridge in Gurupura is one of the oldest bridge in the district built in 1923, across the River Phalguni on Nanthoor-Moodbidri-Karkala National Highway 169, connecting Mangaluru.
The motorists fear that the bridge might collapse any time. The work on levelling the land beside the existing bridge has already commenced. According to authorities, a majority of the works will be completed this year itself.
The old bridge was 4.50-metre wide. Though the carrying capacity of the old bridge is good, the bottom portion of the bridge is rusted. The girders have weakened. The iron railings on the bridge have already disappeared.
Locals alleged that the bridge had not seen any maintenance for the past many years.
The edges of the old bridge are covered with a thick growth of shrubs during monsoon indicating lack of maintenance. The bridge is so narrow that only one bus or truck can travel on it at a given time and cannot bear the burden of heavy vehicles plying on it.
Speaking on the occasion, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said that the bridge was one of the most important bridges on Kulshekar-Moodbidri-Karkala highway.
Union Minister Nithin Gadkari immediately sanctioned the bridge after the technical experts opined that the old bridge can not be used for long, he added.
The MP said though the Centre had sanctioned four-laning of Kulshekar-Karkala National Highway in 2015, the work was delayed due to delay in land acquisition process. “Now, the notification has been issued and land acquisition process has commenced. By next year, the four-laning of the road will take a shape and will be ready.”
Kateel, further, said once the four-laning is complete, a bypass road will be built in Gurpura and the bridge will connect the bypass.
Under Bharathmala, four-laning of Mulki-Kateel-Kaikamba-B C Road stretch and Melkar-Konaje-K C Road will be taken up. The central government has released over Rs 2,000 crore for the development of national highways in Dakshina Kannada district. The work on four-laning of Addahole-B C Road was stopped for sometime. Now, the work has commenced, said Kateel.
The work on a new bridge on NH 66 at Kuloor across River Phalguni will be taken up shortly, he added. | 686 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027320734.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824105853-20190824131853-00327.warc.gz | 0.95658 |
532fc85d-797a-41e0-bffc-a44b6cccd6ac | 2017-08-20T08:00:39+00:00 | 2017-08-20 | 0 | http://aleroy.com/board174.htm | Simile NDEs.(There are so many claims that NDEs can be caused by drugs, or brain stimulation, that the issue has become confused. I am including these simile experiences to indicate like-NDEs happen without any drugs or brain stimulation. Real NDEs, where clinical death occurs, can not be reproduced by drugs or brain stimulation. Knowledgeable NDE researchers agree, drugs or brain stimulation can not cause NDEs.)
I had an NDE (with a difference?) a fortnight ago, and since then have been scouring the Internet for info on anyone who has had a similar experience. I'm still shaken by it, and can do without anyone deriding it. Until it's happened to you, you might be sceptical, and I do appreciate that to some extent, but believe me I wouldn't go to the trouble of typing all this in if it wasn't genuine! I'm just hoping that maybe someone can draw a parallel -- or even just offer their opinion on what the experience is meant to signify. I've seen a few message boards, but thought I would post here first, although I don't know how widespread the newsgroup is.
By the way, I've never taken any mind-influencing substances of any description!
I'll try to condense it. I was asleep and suddenly felt a flashback of key events that had happened in my life, right from a very young age.
I remember "re-living" certain experiences (eg: starting school), even things I'd long forgotten. I remember feeling the same happiness, sadness, excitement, shock that I felt first time around. None of the incidents centered on family or relatives, strangely, but on how the events affected me (sporting achievements, receiving shocking news about certain things, moving home, etc.), thru adolesence, thru adulthood.
Then I was walking off a road near to where I live (nothing special about it -- don't know why that road) down into a bright valley. I was walking with a "faceless" woman at my side, who's presence felt just.... "right" (for want of a better word!) I started to feel the most unbelievable euphoria, happiness and contentment you cannot imagine. Honestly, it was totally indescribable.
The scenery was pleasant countryside, with a small village in the valley bottom, made of dozens of tiny hump-backed bridges and little houses and shops that looked "Dickensian" almost. My "guide" was leading me, hearing all my questions ("what's happening here? who are those people?" and so on) but always answering the same way -- that they had their business to do, I had mine, and I should not worry about them. They were pale, again, without faces I can picture, but bustling around and did not seem to be in distress or trouble. Yet nor did they seem to be as excited as me.
There was re-living of a couple of incidents which were intensely personal, and which I regret now, but I don't need to detail them here.
All of a sudden it was time to climb out of the valley with my guide, and though she was not touching me I nonethless felt many pairs of comforting arms around my back (though there was nobody there).
Comfort in addition to the supreme joy. I recall my saying over and over "I don't want to go yet. I want to stay here". Voices around me (not just from my guide) were saying "You have to go. Just be patient. Later. Later. Patience. One day".
I awoke suddenly, and for the next 30 seconds I could still feel the utter bliss and could hardly breathe, I was so happy. I was looking at my clock, evaluating what the time was and trying to work out if I should get up for work yet, but so happy that I didn't really care. Then the feeling faded in seconds and I caught my breath. The images were still right in my head though, (and the fact I can still picture certain aspects now, shows how strong they were).
No way did I think "That was a fantastic dream". Not for a second. It went far beyond a dream. The feeling had not been exciting in a sexual way or anything like that, just a feeling of "This is the whole point of existing", if that makes sense to anyone.
I had no-one at home to confide in, but after I'd managed to get dressed, I went around to my neighbour, still shaking. I could tell half of her thought "great dream", but later she started to open up and admit it must have been something out of the normal to get me in such a state. She is religious and wondered if I'd been given an insight into the afterlife -- and if so, I should be grateful, she said.
Re: my state of mind. I should mention that I had gone to bed as normal. I have not been recently thinking about life and death, or worrying about anything I assure you. I've never feared death (but just want it to be painless, when it comes!)
The voices saying it wasn't my time yet made me think "NDE?" hence my frantic research since. Nearly everyone else mentions being near death (medically). I wasn't. There was no "looking down on my body". There was no "white light", yet my guide had a glow around her. There was absolutely no "tunnel". There were no "relatives waiting to meet me". There was a flashback sequence though, and there was this joy unknown to everyone else, though, and that's why I am treating this as much more than a "dream".
My feelings now? More annoyance than trepidation. It hasn't "proved" anything for me about death. It's got me asking "What am I supposed to deduce from this? God (or whatever) shouldn't give me a sign of anything unless it's obvious what it is!" And anger that I want to feel that feeling again, too soon! --Anon
Makes perfect sense to me. You had a mystical experience, just like the ones you've probably read about in the Bible. I had one when I was 12- 14 and it changed my life. For a long time, NDE's were the only experience I could find that even approached what I'd experienced. As I got older, I eventually learned that I'd had a mystical experience, which can be a lot like a NDE, but not exactly the same. I also learned that they're a lot more common than you'd ever guess. Few people ever open up and talk about them, so it's like the question you hear kids ask when they hear the stories about God and angels, visions and voices, in the Bible -- which is why don't people today have those experiences?
Well, they do. They just don't talk about it. And because society doesn't accept that sort of thing, they have no way to assimilate them into their life. It confuses them more than inspires them.
In any case, when I was young and terribly unhappy (suicidal), I was lying on my bed asking God for the millionth time why my life was so painful. Suddenly the room disappeared, and while I knew I was still lying on my bed, my awareness was lifted up and expanded until I not only could experience all of existence, I became one with it. To say that it was breath taking would be a enormous understatement. Like you, I knew during the experience that "This is the whole point of existing".
The one thing that hit me so strongly afterwards that I kept repeating it for days was, "Everything is made out of Love, because everything is made out of God, and God "is" Love. But, if that's true, then why is the world so devoid of Love?" I've spent my life searching for the answer to that question, and as Robert Frost said in "The Road Less Taken," it's made all the difference!
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e5559a60-7bc9-4c44-85d3-35d981e031df | 2022-05-28T04:32:01+00:00 | 2021-12-31 | 1 | https://www.cmhp.org.uk/news/developing-new-national-guidance-on-substance-misuse-pharmacy-services/ | The College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) has been appointed by the Department of Health and Social Care’s new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) to produce new national guidance on substance misuse pharmacy services.
The CMHP will build on the considerable expertise within its membership to bring together and work with a group of experts and key stakeholders to advise on development of the guidance.
Community pharmacies are commissioned to provide a range of substance misuse services, including:
- Supervised consumption of opioid substitution treatment medicines
- Needle and syringe provision
- Take home naloxone provision
As part of these services, pharmacies often provide a level of assessment and care of people who use substances above and beyond that expected than some other patient groups.
With expert and stakeholder input, the CMHP will develop written guidance on the provision of, and contracting for, substance misuse services provided by community pharmacies, building from guidance provided in 2006.
The guidance will reflect and build on the outcomes of discussions underway in 2021 between representatives of substance misuse treatment commissioners and providers, community pharmacies and others.
The new document should be drafted by the end of the current financial year. Interested parties may contact CMHP ([email protected]) for further information.
CMHP President Ciara Ni Dhubhlaing said: “We are looking forward to working with OHID and key stakeholders to create these new guidelines over the forthcoming months. In line with our charitable objectives, we anticipate that they will have a meaningful impact upon those who commission, provide and receive substance misuse services provided by community pharmacy colleagues.” | 337 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663012542.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528031224-20220528061224-00022.warc.gz | 0.934696 |
b8e58cf4-8ef2-487e-a0f9-9cc63dfeeec4 | 2020-10-21T22:06:21+00:00 | 2020-09-13 | 0 | https://izeksblog.com/2020/09/obasanjo-is-lowly-divider-in-chief-jealous-of-buharis-achievements-presidency/ | The Nigerian Government on Sunday came down hard on former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, over his latest comment on the state of the nation, describing him as the country’s ‘Divider-in-Chief.’
Obasanjo had on Thursday said Nigeria was slowly becoming a failed state and a basket case that urgently needs to be pulled from the brink of collapse.
Speaking while delivering a speech titled “Moving Nigeria away from tipping over” at a consultative dialogue in Abuja, the former President said he had never seen Nigeria so divided, adding that many of the problems plaguing the country today were due to the recent mismanagement of Nigeria’s diversity.
But the Nigerian Government in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Sunday said the former leader had become a divisive figure.
Shehu insisted that Obasanjo’s criticisms of President Buhari were devoid of good intentions, claiming that the former Nigerian leader wasn’t jealous of Buhari’s achievements.
He said, “In his most recent statement former President Olusegun Obasanjo attempts to divide the nation while President Muhammadu Buhari continues to promote nation-building and the unity of Nigeria. The difference is clear. From the lofty heights of Commander-in-Chief, General Obasanjo has descended to the lowly level of Divider-in-Chief (to adapt the coinage of Time).
“It’s a known fact that the withdrawal of subsidies had been on the wish list of the Obasanjo-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. They failed in achieving these measures because there was shared greed. They plundered the treasury as much as anyone could in the name of either subsidy or waiver with reckless impunity.
“Two is to say it takes courage and rare statesmanship on the part of a leader to do as President Buhari to shun populism and seek the best interest of the people and the state, providing the kind of reform and development that Nigeria urgently needs.
“Nigeria, which other nations had mocked and ridiculed for so many things that were wrong is today progressing at a pace reflecting its size and potential.
“With so much to show and many more coming, it is little surprise that President Buhari would be the object of envy and harsh unfair challenges by politicians who failed to deliver, but continue to nurse ambitions of delighting the audience long after their curtain has been drawn.” | 536 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107878633.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20201021205955-20201021235955-00343.warc.gz | 0.978929 |
c47dac62-6205-48ff-9974-62327389d831 | 2013-05-24T01:31:39+00:00 | 2013-01-31 | 1 | http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/cbs-says-dish-concealed-hopper-in-retrans-negotiations/217408 | Dish failed to
disclose its intention to launch a commercial-skipping option when it worked
out retransmission consent with CBS, the broadcast network said in documents
filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
“This is an action for injunctive relief… against Dish for breaching the
retransmission consent agreement between it and CBS, dated Jan. 5, 2012; and
against Dish for fraudulently concealing material information in its
negotiation of the retransmission agreement with CBS, thereby fraudulently
inducing CBS to enter into that agreement,” the filing states.
Dish launched the Hopper set-top last March. It skips commercials in prime time
only on broadcast networks. CBS, as well as Fox and NBC, cried copyright
violation and all sued separately. A federal judge in California denied Fox’s
request to order Dish to stop skipping commercials while the copyright case was
being decided. The network immediately appealed.
While the cases remain pending in court, the strife escalates. Dish introduced
the SlingHopper at 2013 CES in Las Vegas earlier this month. The SlingHopper
adds the capability of a SlingBox, allowing users to watch their programming
remotely over a broadband connection. Online tech news site CNET
selected the SlingHopper for a
“Best of CES” award, but corporate parent company CBS reportedly nixed the
selection due to the ongoing litigation. CNET’s
Greg Sandoval resigned over the incident, according to several news sources,
including PC Mag
CBS claims its retransmission consent agreement with Dish was completed before
the network had any knowledge of the Hopper.
“At the time the retransmission agreement was negotiated,
Dish knew that CBS would not have been willing to enter into the retransmission
agreement if CBS had been aware that Dish would attempt to use
its limited access to the CBS Broadcast Signal as a vehicle for offering CBS’s
primetime programming to Dish subscribers on an on-demand, commercial-free
basis,” the court filing states.
CBS claims that Executive Vice President Marty Franks made it clear during
negotiations that the network did not intend to include new or future business
in the retrans deal. The filing says that in mid-December Franks met with Dish
executives, who showed him the stuffed kangaroo that represents the Hopper
logo, but that they failed to mention the “AutoHop function that enables
commercial-skipping. Four days after the retrans agreement was signed, Dish
launched the Hopper, the filing said. Then on May 10, 2012, Dish activated the
CBS is asking the court to “permanently enjoin” Dish from offering AutoHop, a
rescission of its retrans agreement with CBS, statutory damages and attorney
Nov. 12, 2012:
Appeals to Stop the Hop
legal team wasted no time in appealing a federal judge’s decision last week to
let Dish keep on skipping broadcast TV commercials.
Nov. 8, 2012:
Lets Dish Keep on Hopping
Dolly Gee of the United States District Court for the Central District of
California denied Fox’s request to order Dish to stop skipping network TV
commercials, published reports indicate.
May 29, 2012:
Dish Sue Each Other Over Hopper
expected, three out of the four major broadcast networks filed lawsuits against
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3f435864-a202-44e4-b1e0-064e1c9ebe6b | 2022-05-17T13:33:40+00:00 | 2021-01-02 | 1 | https://protectearth.news/maines-climate-action-plan-creates-jobs-over-32-states-have-laid-roadmap-for-climate-action/ | January 2, 2021 By Ramona du Houx Governor Janet Mills, on December 1, 2020 welcomed the release of Maine Won’t Wait, the new four-year climate action plan from the Maine Climate Council and announced actions her Administration will take to protect Maine people and communities and spur economic growth in the fight against climate change. Governor Mills and the Legislature […]
January 2, 2021
By Ramona du Houx
Governor Janet Mills, on December 1, 2020 welcomed the release of Maine Won’t Wait, the new four-year climate action plan from the Maine Climate Council and announced actions her Administration will take to protect Maine people and communities and spur economic growth in the fight against climate change.
Governor Mills and the Legislature last year enacted bipartisan legislation that created the Maine Climate Council – an assembly of scientists, industry leaders, bipartisan local and state elected officials, and engaged citizens – to develop a plan to reduce carbon emissions and achieve carbon neutrality in Maine by 2045. Backed by the most comprehensive scientific and economic assessments about the effects of climate change in Maine in a decade, Maine Won’t Wait calls for decisive steps to achieve that goal, including bolstering the electric vehicle market in Maine, expanding the number of heat pumps installed in Maine homes, and transitioning to renewable energy to curb harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
Maine Won’t Wait also details climate action steps to create economic opportunities for Maine, such as encouraging the growth of the clean energy economy; creating incentives for consumer, business and industry to invest in energy efficiency; and supporting innovative construction materials and agricultural systems that rely on Maine timber and farms to build and feed the state into the future. The plan also highlights strategies to ensure our economy and communities are better prepared for the increasing impacts of climate change.
“Over the past 14 months, the Maine Climate Council exemplified resiliency as it maintained its commitment through climate action despite the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Council co-chairs Hannah Pingree, Director of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future and Melanie Loyzim, Acting Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. “The Plan the Council is advancing today will bring consistent and bold action on climate, over the next four years and into the decades beyond, to create a better future for our state and the next generations. Every individual, business, organization, and leader in Maine can play a role in making this plan a reality. This collective effort will be key to our success against the crisis that climate change poses for our state, nation, and world.”
Informed by the findings of Maine Won’t Wait, Governor Mills announced a series of actions to further her administration’s response to the climate crisis to protect Maine people and the environment, while also creating new pathways for economic growth. Key initiatives announced by Governor Mills include an ambitious goal to more than double Maine’s clean energy and energy efficiency jobs to 30,000 by 2030; to further expand existing incentives for purchasing electric vehicles and build more EV charging stations across Maine; to double the pace of home weatherization; to purchase more renewable energy through the state procurement process; and to create energy efficiency incentive programs for commercial businesses.
Governor Mills also announced her intention to submit legislation to put Maine’s target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 into law; to further advance cost-effective clean energy development; to enact official sea level rise projections; to create incentives for small woodlot owners to support sustainable forestry management and sequester harmful carbon emissions, and to launch a pilot program for community-level climate resiliency planning to inform broader efforts in coming years. She also discussed her plans to work with lawmakers in bipartisan fashion on a back to work bond package that meets climate goals this upcoming session focused on establishing a fund for community infrastructure projects that stem the effects of climate change, funding to accelerate the pace of weatherization improvements to Maine homes, and investing in the critical extension of broadband Internet access across the state.
“From rising seas to warming temperatures to deadly natural disasters, humanity has been warned for generations that our climate is changing in profound and dangerous ways and yet not enough has been done to slow or stop it,” said Governor Janet Mills. “Climate change will have profound implications for our state, our economy, and our people – both present and future. This is why Maine won’t wait, and can’t wait, to take action to ensure the resiliency of our communities, to create clean energy jobs and build a clean energy economy, and to support Maine families’ transition away from expensive, harmful fossil fuels to homegrown, renewable energy. I look forward to working with community leaders across our state to advance these goals and preserve and protect this place we all call home.”
The Governor also pledged to work closely with Maine’s Congressional Delegation to advance the goals of the plan.
“The Maine Climate Action Plan is a comprehensive, thorough, and in-depth look at both the challenges climate change poses to our state, and the opportunities we must seize now,” said U.S. Senator Angus King, a founding member of the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. “This plan is the beginning of an important partnership, bringing together Maine people with industry leaders and local, state, and federal officials to face these threats head on. Climate change is having significant impacts on Maine’s environment and economy, which is why we can’t waste any more time. We need to get to work – now.”
By pairing climate action with economic recovery, a critical consideration stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine Won’t Wait puts Maine in a strong position to become a model for effective, inclusive and sustained climate action that aligns with the climate and energy priorities of the incoming administration of President-elect Biden.
“I applaud the Mills Administration’s effort to ensure a broad coalition of stakeholders throughout Maine not only contributed to this landmark climate mitigation plan, but are invested in its success. By inviting the perspectives of diverse groups such as logging and fishing industry members to environmental advocacy and stewardship organizations, the Maine Climate Action Plan outlines an economically viable path to significantly reduce our state’s carbon footprint while turning Maine into a leader in the clean energy economy,” said Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. Maine’s Climate Action Plan underscores the objectives laid out in Congress’ first-ever comprehensive report on solving the climate crisis, which was released by the U.S. House’s Select Committee on the Climate Crisis this summer. In Congress, I will work to pass legislation which will help Maine meet our goal of being net-zero by 2045.”
The failure to act against the effects of climate change carries a great risk for Maine, as doing nothing more will cause costly damage to Maine’s buildings and infrastructure, vulnerable ecosystems, iconic species and public health. An assessment for Maine Won’t Wait on the “cost of doing nothing more” about climate change found cost of inaction included more than $17 billion in damages to coastal buildings and infrastructure through 2050 as well as billions more lost from tourism due to seasonal changes, lost beachfronts, employment and valuable ecosystems.
“Climate change is a serious challenge, globally and here in Maine. Our state’s heritage and our future economy — and thousands of fishing, forestry, agriculture, and conservation jobs — depend on our ability to protect our natural resources and achieve greater climate resiliency,” said Congressman Jared Golden. “I applaud the efforts of Governor Mills and the Maine Climate Council to provide clear, actionable steps for our state. From investing in forest bioproduct innovation and launching the Maine Seafood Business Council, to expanding our renewable energy sector and establishing the Maine Climate Corps, I look forward to working with them and our communities to ensure that Maine’s economy and environment are strong and healthy today and for future generations.”
Maine Won’t Wait also highlights the strong economic potential from climate action, particularly clean energy and energy efficiency fields. Renewable energy sectors, like wind and solar, are some of the fastest growing in the nation, and Maine is poised to support its businesses and grow its workforce in these high-demand areas as a result of forward-looking policy changes and investments in clean energy and energy efficiency.
“If we do these things that the Governor is proposing, that Maine is wanting to do, not only will you set an example to our country and to the world, but you will be helping to make the world more secure. When we depend on our own clean energy for our future, we don’t have to worry about sending people to the Middle East or elsewhere to fight and defend the source of our energy. The world will be more stable,” said Secretary John Kerry, President-elect Biden’s special envoy for climate.“Maine won’t wait. Maine is going to lead. Maine is going to be ahead of the curve and get the job done for us and help set an example for every other state. I congratulate you.”
As the Council continues its work following the release of the plan, it will also convene a special Equity subcommittee to ensure future climate actions are conducted in Maine with focus on protecting and supporting vulnerable communities who are most at-risk from climate disruption.
“The incentives that are increasing Maine’s renewable energy resources are also allowing BIW to trim its electrical costs, improving our ability to compete with other shipyards that have lower energy costs,” said Jon Fitzgerald, Vice President and General Counsel of Bath Iron Works, one of Maine’s largest employers. “Forward-looking energy policy, along with workforce training partnerships, are helping clean energy developers, BIW and the state as a whole grow the highly skilled jobs that are vital to building Maine’s economic future.”
All told, Maine Won’t Wait is the product of an unprecedented public process, featuring contributions from more than 200 people on the Council, its six expert working groups, and scientific and technical subcommittee, plus input from thousands of other Maine people and stakeholders to produce bold, actionable strategies to addressing one of Maine’s most pressing long-term problems.
“A society is only as strong as the most vulnerable populations and this holds true in climate work. As we make new and existing policy we need to work from a place of inclusivity and equity to make sure our work in lasting and meaningful,” said Ambassador Maulian Dana of the Penobscot Nation, co-chair of the subcommittee. “I am hoping to shed a light on the experiences of marginalized people in Maine and how the climate crisis affects us as well as solutions based in thoughtful consideration of these stories.”
The report builds on the significant steps the Mills Administration has taken to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change on Maine.
Maine joined the United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 Governors and states that have committed to climate action, created the Maine Climate Council, and withdrew from a national offshore drilling coalition and removed a moratorium on clean wind power development
Maine has set some of the most aggressive renewable energy requirements in the country – 80 percent renewable energy by 2030, and a goal of 100 percent for 2050. Maine also enacted aggressive targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions into law – 45 percent by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050, as well as pledging to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.
In November, Governor Mills announced the state’s intention to start the country’s first floating offshore wind research array in the country in the Gulf of Maine, in partnership with the University of Maine and two leading offshore wind companies, and to work closely with fishing and other maritime industries to ensure careful siting.
The state has partnered with Efficiency Maine to set an aggressive goal to install 100,000 new high-efficiency heat pumps by 2025, and with Maine Housing to ensure our seniors and others who are struggling against high heating bills can access to this cost-saving technology. Maine is on pace to install as many as 16,000 heat pumps – a record and more than double what was done last year.
State progress toward a 100 percent clean energy economy—
Trump’s administration opposed and aggressively attacked climate change progress with rollbacks on environmental regulation and favors to the oil industry, amongst other climate destroying efforts. However, during the same time, state climate action has accelerated as more states took increasingly ambitious actions.
As of September, 2020, 33 states have released a climate action plan or are in the process of revising or developing one. This includes 22 states that have released plans, 8 states that are updating their plans, and 1 state that is developing a plan. Since then that one state, Maine announced its plan, detailed in this report.
One state, Alaska, has rescinded its climate action plan. The individual characteristics of each state’s economy, resource base, and political structure provide different opportunities for addressing climate change. As of April, 2020, 15 states and territories have taken legislative or executive action to move toward a 100 percent clean energy future. This includes 10 states, along with Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, that have passed legislation to implement 100 percent clean electricity policies and economy-wide greenhouse gas pollution-reduction programs.
- California: Passed legislation for 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2045 and executive order for economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045.1
- Colorado: Passed legislation requiring 90 percent emission reductions below 2005 levels economy-wide by 2050, setting a goal to eliminate emissions by 2050, and requiring large investor-owned utilities to reduce emissions by 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Gov. Jared Polis (D) has put forth a plan to move to 100 percent clean electricity by 2040.2
- Hawaii: Passed legislation for 100 percent renewable electricity by 2045 and economy-wide goal of being carbon-neutral by 2045.3 4
- Maine: Passed legislation for 100 percent renewable electricity by 2045 and economy-wide reductions of 80 percent by 2050.5
- Nevada: Passed legislation setting a goal of 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045.6
- New Mexico: Passed legislation requiring 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045.7
- New Jersey: Passed legislation to reduce emissions 80 percent below 2006 levels by 2050 and rejoined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in June 2019.8
- New York: Passed legislation requiring 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040 and goal of net-zero emissions economy-wide by 2050.9
- Washington: Passed legislation requiring 100 percent clean electricity by 2045.10
- District of Columbia: Passed legislation for 100 percent renewable electricity by 2032.11
- Puerto Rico: Passed legislation for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.12
Virginia was the first state in the South to enact 100 percent clean energy legislation. The Virginia Clean Economy Act commits to slashing greenhouse gas pollution in the power sector, sets some of the most ambitious targets for energy storage and offshore wind energy deployment in the country, and codifies into law the governor’s 2019 executive order for 100 percent clean electricity.
Governors such as Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) created new climate offices and reorganized their agencies to take on the climate crisis, and Washington state enacted various sector-specific clean energy policies for power, transportation, buildings, and industrial sources. New York, Colorado, along with Maine all locked in groundbreaking policies that require state regulators to implement new rules guaranteeing economywide cuts in greenhouse gas pollution and to support front-line communities and workers in the energy transition.
A 2019 report from America’s Pledge, a coalition of nearly 4,000 states, cities, organizations, and institutions committed to fulfilling America’s climate pledge to the Paris agreement, found that “full achievement of already on-the-books policies from state and local actors—paired with rapidly shifting economics in the power sector—would reduce U.S. emissions 19 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.”23 That’s nearly four-fifths of the short-term reductions that the United States committed to achieve under the original Paris agreement.
In addition to state and local governments, tribal nations are taking the lead in their communities with more than 50 tribal climate action plans in effect across North America. The Swinomish Tribe in the Pacific Northwest was the first community in the entire United States to make climate adaptation a priority.
On June 1, 2017, when Donald Trump said that the United States would leave the Paris climate agreement within 48 hours former Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA), Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), and Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) announced the formation of the U.S. Climate Alliance: a bipartisan coalition now comprising 24 states and two territories that remain committed to the Paris agreement and are working together to advance climate solutions. These states represent 55 percent of the U.S. population and 40 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas pollution. Many state, local, and tribal leaders are also members of We Are Still In another bipartisan coalition with more than 3,500 business representatives, university presidents, faith leaders, cultural institutions, and community leaders who are similarly committed to the Paris agreement.
On January 20, 2021, after our new President is inaugurated, Joe Biden has committed to rejoin the Paris agreement. | 3,611 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662517485.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517130706-20220517160706-00013.warc.gz | 0.939093 |
8e086d7d-6570-4e86-ac01-c89ac2c6aa0d | 2020-10-22T18:52:51+00:00 | 2020-01-01 | 0 | https://www.alpharesellers.com/how-to-make-money-on-fiverr-2020/ | How To Make Money On Fiverr 2020. Fiverr has taken the internet by storm. There is really no other way to say it. This little freelancing platform that could have totally changed people’s expectations of getting and giving freelance services through an online exchange format.
It seems that Fiverr has answered the two most common problems freelance platforms have historically struggled with. Fiverr not only offers a ton of services from a wide range of eager providers from all over the world, but it also is able to pull in lots of buyers.
When you put these two factors commonly, it is no surprise that How To Make Money On Fiverr has become the “go-to” freelance service destination on the internet. Also, given its low-cost profile compared to other freeform or custom order freelance support, Fiverr stands to continue to attract a lot of buyer’s attention.
Let’s get one thing clear, you can have a platform filled to the brim with sellers. Sadly, your platform is probably not going to succeed unless you also get a lot of buyers. Buyers make the program successful. Fiverr has managed to do this.
How To Make Money On Fiverr – Fiverr’s Secret
The secret to Fiverr’s success is to enable people to post whatever services they may have, varying from graphics design to writing, to virtual assistant services, to video spokesperson services and others, for a flat fee.
Originally, this was set at $5. This explains the name Fiverr. But as consumer needs have changed and the market evolved, Fiverr now allows service providers to charge the price they’re most comfortable with. How To Make Money On Fiverr
Compared to traditional freelancing, Fiverr removes a lot of doubt and guesswork from the freelance process. When you go to places like Freelancer or Upwork, you basically see a listing of somebody who needs work done. As a possible freelance contractor, you send in your bid. It’s anybody’s guess whether your bid will get accepted or not.
Fiverr flips that model on its head. Rather of clients posting their requirements as well as their budget range, service providers provide a description of the service that they would do as well as samples of their work. How To Make Money On Fiverr
Most importantly, providers are required to put a fixed price on their service. Whether they are charging $5 or $500, it doesn’t really matter. They have to provide a fixed price. This has become much of the uncertainty and guesswork out of the method. It is no surprise that Fiverr continues to grow.
How To Make Money On Fiverr? Good News 2020
You can make money off Fiverr too. In fact, Fiverr has many testimonials of people claiming that their income on this platform has replaced their regular job’s benefits, and then some. In fact, a lot of people gladly announce that they’ve quit their day jobs and are doing voiceovers full time.
There’s even one person who travels all over the world and is sustained 100% by his income from Fiverr. That’s how profitable this micro-freelancing platform can be. But there’s a big warning sign. You have to be careful about using Fiverr the right way. How To Make Money On Fiverr
While it’s very easy to get excited about these success stories and believe me. They resonate on so many levels (Who wouldn’t want to own their time? Who wouldn’t want to work on their own terms? Who wouldn’t want to cherry-pick the projects that they get?), the big problem is, if you don’t
know what you’re doing or if you don’t have a plan, you end up spending time and, yes, money, in the form of opportunity costs.
Think about it, if you are spending your time doing work for people for $10. When it turns out that you could have been working for $50, you are actually losing money. Now, this is another from a situation where you have spare time. And you’re simply attempting to turn your spare time into spare cash. In that case, this would be okay.
This is especially true if you’re preparing yourself by taking on these jobs so you can level up in the future. But if you are looking
to earn a full-time income, you have to learn how to How To Make Money On Fiverr the right way.
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The M.T.A. revealed its four fare hike proposals today. Two would increase the base fare to $2.50 from $2.25 while raising the cost of unlimited MetroCards. The others wouldn't alter the base fare but would increase unlimiteds substantially. Chairman Joseph Lhota said he prefers a hybrid of the proposals. He also ruled out eliminating the bonus for pay-per-ride cards, which makes two of the proposals unlikely to pass. Costs for commuter trains, as well as bridge and tunnel crossings, will also rise. The MTA is looking for another $450 million a year from users. Fares and tolls are expected to rise again in 2015. They vote on the proposals in December.
This report by the Citizens Budget Commission proposes a new way to fund the M.T.A. called "25-50-25". It recommends that auto user fees cover all drivers' facilities, plus 25 percent of mass transit services. Then mass transit user fees would cover another 50 percent of the operating costs of those services. And state and local tax subsidies would cover the final 25 percent of transit operating costs plus “catch-up” capital investments needed to bring the system to a state of good repair.
The 25-50-25 policy would mean that mass transit riders would pay higher – but still reasonable – fares. The cost of a single ride ticket would increase to at least $2.75 by 2016 but in constant dollars a subway ride would cost at most three cents more than it did in 1996. Motorists would face increased costs for the use of their vehicles, in the range of $167 to $293 more annually, but the charges would be consistent with those in other global metropolises and related to the benefits drivers derive from a well-functioning transportation system. | 389 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131298228.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172138-00073-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.969004 |
7e28ffe3-8615-4d86-b009-5c1ea4535290 | 2019-08-23T01:01:08+00:00 | 2018-07-12 | 1 | https://lyncdiscoverinternal.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/news/trust-urges-new-health-secretary-to-join-precision-medicine-fight | Read the letter
Earlier this week, David Ramsden, Chief Executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, welcomed Matt Hancock MP to his new position as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and wished him the best in his role “at a time of profound challenge and opportunity” for the services he will be leading.
David Ramsden also drew the Secretary of State’s attention to the issue of access to precision medicines for people with cystic fibrosis (CF), introducing him to the CF community’s two-year fight to engage the NHS and Vertex in constructive talks. He finished by asking to meet with the Secretary of State and supportive MPs to discuss how negotiations can continue and a deal can be reached.
You can read the letter here.
The Trust has also written to Scotland’s new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Jeane Freeman MSP calling for an urgent meeting. View the letter here.
Meanwhile, ahead of the Parliamentary recess, find out how you can ask your MP to attend an adjournment debate on Tuesday 17 July in the House of Commons.
Orkambi adjournment debate secured in Parliament
Next Tuesday, 17 July, an adjournment debate will be held in the House of Commons on the issue of access to Orkambi for people with cystic fibrosis. Please contact your MP to ask them to attend the debate and represent you. But first, what is an adjournment debate?
What is an adjournment debate?
Adjournment debates are half an hour long, and take place at the end of each day’s sitting in the House of Commons. They are an opportunity for a backbench MP to raise an issue and receive a response from the relevant Minister.
Why is this happening so quickly?
MPs apply for an adjournment debate on a Wednesday to take place between the following Tuesday and the Monday after that. The debates are chosen by ballot, except for the Thursday debate which is chosen by the Speaker.
What will happen at the debate?
At the end of the day’s main business the Speaker will call a Government whip to move the motion 'That this House do now adjourn'. The MP who has been allocated the debate will then be called to speak and the Minister will be given time to reply. The MP who initiated the debate will not have the opportunity to speak again after the Minister has concluded. Other MPs may attend and make interventions if they are accepted.
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64f5ec36-441e-42b1-b208-f57dbdc9cbe0 | 2013-05-20T02:06:54+00:00 | 2009-08-17 | 0 | http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2009/08/music-monday-15-minutes-bat-lashes | Natasha Khan might be a warrior on stage, but she didn't look much like her musical persona, Bat For Lashes, when we met her on a dusty access road backstage at Outside Lands. Absent were the circles of glittery eye-shadow, pastiche '80s outfits and feathered headdresses. Khan is known almost as much for her style as for the haunting lyrics and etheral voice that distinguish her sophomore album, Two Suns. Adorned in a simple red dress and brown moccasins with just a hint of blue and gold around her eyes, the singer/songwriter sipped tea and chatted about touring with Radiohead, building buzz in the States, and life after the Big Apple—not to mention magic carpets, emerald cities and the Freudian psychology of Steven Spielberg.
Mother Jones: Is this what you'll be wearing on stage?
Natasha Khan: No, but I want to be comfortable because with festivals it gets quite sunny. It's not so hot which is good. When we played Lollapalooza, it was like 96 degrees and I was wearing full, like, a sparkly leotard and it was a bit much. So I might wear something a bit more comfortable but I'm not sure yet.
MJ: You went from New York City to Joshua Tree National Park on this album. Why?
NK: I wanted to be somewhere that was just really the opposite of New York. [In Joshua Tree] I set about creating my mythology, I suppose. The duality of the landscapes definitely influenced different sounds in the music. It's almost different fairytales. It felt like the desert and the earth and the nature were connnected to the esoteric, spiritual aspects of the record and the more tribal sounds. New York was very much to do with escapism and, like, disillusionment—being subterranian and dark and the sparkely escapist sort of elements which are more to do with numbing yourself. I started to think of this fable: The album is kind of like I go across to New York, to this City made of glass and emeralds. It's me going through that journey.
MJ: Did you read a lot of fairy tales growing up?
NK: Yeah. My dad was very much a storyteller. He grew up in Pakistan, and being religious I think he had a lot of that moral kind of children's stories, with moral endings. Stories about the jungle and about kings and about magic flying carpets like all that beautiful stuff. And also growing up in the English countryside, there’s like The Secret Garden, and Roald Dahl and The Witches. When I was little I would go around seeing if I saw ladies with gloves on and see if they look like they were wearing a wig. And then as I grew older, I got attracted to musicians and people who tell stories, like Nick Cave and PJ Harvey or Bjork, with her Icelandic follktale elements.
MJ: What are you working on now?
NK: I’m in a giving-out phase at the moment. When you’re making music it’s a very selfish, kind of an amazing thing to do. You spend 12 hours a day doing like, working on tiny minute details and collecting sounds. You get tears in your eyes when things sound beautiful and it’s such a nourishing thing to do. And then suddenly it flips completely the other way and you have to be generous and selfless. You almost feel that you’re not really alive in some sense except when you’re singing. You just feel like your body's telling you to hide under a duvet or somewhere and not come out, or just scream at people. It feels like you have to be a warrior to push through.
MJ: How are you enjoying the festival?
NK: This festival I’m really happy about, because I love Golden Gate park and I love the surrounding countryside. It makes me feel more rejuvenated than drained. But there's some big huge corporate festivals that are literally like my worst nightmare. Just zillions of people with, like, super loud techno and everyone’s fucked up on drugs and everything is concrete. I don’t quite enjoy that.
MJ: You said you get a lot of your inspiration from reading and research. What are you reading now?
NK: I’m reading about the science fiction films of Steven Spielberg. It’s basically like Freudean psychoanalysis of his films.
MJ: Why's that?
NK: Just because I love E.T. and them, and I looked on the Internet and just found something I’d like to read about that. Anyone can do that. I think we should do that more ofiten. If you see a subject, something you like, investigate it. | 1,011 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.970888 |
f0548a78-e6ba-419e-88b6-af717ce3c518 | 2019-08-23T19:47:02+00:00 | 2018-04-05 | 0 | https://mmatorch.com/2018/04/05/17921/ | In this new specialist column to MMATorch, Rick Monsey and Dante Morgan compete for ultimate MMA bragging rights. For the inaugural MMA Nerd Fight, Rick and Dante pick the UFC lightweight title fight between Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
UFC 223 is in Brooklyn on April 7th and despite the main event changing this event still has a lot to get excited about. Fight night weekend is on the horizon and it’s time again to predict some outcomes.
Being an MMA fan I enjoy watching individuals compete. With that in mind, a guest will be participating in this column with me. We’re going to have a journalistic competition of our own.
The rules to this are simple:
- We predict a winner and a looser for each fight and give a quick explanation behind the picks.
- There’s obviously a chance we would pick the same winners on occasion. Well in this competition there are no split decisions. To avoid a tie, we will also forecast the way the fight will end, for example, “third round by decision”.
- The person who gets the most picks right wins bragging rights.
Well folks, let’s get on with the show!
This week competitors are:
- Rick “the Alaskan” Monsey: Regular com contributor and occasional co-host for the “MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans” podcast.
- Dante Morgan. MMA fan since the days of T-Rex and Stegosaurus used to fight no hold barred in the steamy jungles of Patagonia.
UFC 223 Main Card
UFC lightweight championship
Tony Ferguson (ic) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
UFC lightweight championship
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Max Holloway
WHO: Khabib Nurmagomedov
WHEN: After the 5th Round
WHY: “PLEASE KEEP THIS FIGHT INTACT! I’ll pray to whoever or whatever I need to. I’m begging, keep this bout from being scrapped! With the idea that it’s happening it becomes the hardest fight to predict of the night. A true “pick ‘em.”
That is what I had written about the original main event between Tony Ferguson (ic) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov on the day before March ended. But then April Fools rolls around and the bad news breaks. Tony Ferguson is injured and forced out of the fight. Like many other fans I was hoping this was an April fools joke… very unfunny joke.
Instead what we got is another example of how cruel the MMA gods can be. It’s the fourth time this fight has been promoted jus to fall apart!
After the disappointment settles we need to move on and accept that there still is going to be a lightweight championship title fight.
You may ask for which belt are they competing for. Is it Conor McGregors’ official lightweight Championship belt or Tony Fergusons’ interim title belt? Dana white says it’s for the real belt, we’ll see. It’s starting to get confusing. (White has since clarified that the winner would be the sole lightweight champion.)
Time to talk about the actual fight. I foresee a scenario where Max Holloway is on his back having his head pressed against the cage and Khabib raining down ground and pound punches to Max’s face. There will also be some slicing elbows being rained down on the “blessed’ one while he tries to get back on his feet. “The Eagle” Khabib Nurmagomedov has proven himself to be a very fierce competitor. His dominant takedown and ground and pound combination has earned him an impressive undefeated streak. That streak will continue on April 7th.
However, credit to Max Holloway for stepping up. Taking a fight with six days notice is risky. Saving the main event Holloway has earned him many fans respect and most likely the praise of the UFC. But is Holloway completely healed up from the ankle injury that took him out of UFC 222? If Holloway is still feeling lingering effects in his ankle that won’t help with the takedown defense he’s going to need against Khabib.
Let’s just hope this is a good fight and it doesn’t’ muddy up the waters in both divisions for very long. Surely Brian Ortega is watching this fight with interest wondering if he’ll get a title shot against Holloway for the featherweight title in the near future.
Meanwhile, we know the infamous Conor McGregor will be watching this main event. It should be interesting to see what McGregor will be posting during and after this card. After the main event all the talk should be focused in the direction of McGregor. Will he be facing Holloway or Nurmagomedov later this year?
WHO: Khabib Nurmagomedov
WHEN: Round 2
WHY: Sooo incredibly disappointed we aren’t getting the fight we were looking forward to. However, this is a hell of a consolation prize for us MMA fans!
I don’t know what to think of this fight. I guess it never really dawned on me as a possibility. Khabib is such a steamroller of a fighter and I would still pick him to win if Holloway had a full camp.
This just doesn’t seem like a fight Holloway can win unless he stuns Khabib early in the fight. Very possible, but nonetheless, I’m going to pick Khabib. He will get the takedowns when he’s ready to shoot and look to mount or take a submission when he sees an opening.
I hope it’s more competitive, in fact I hope Holloway wins because that would be so much more exciting of a storyline. I just don’t lean towards that outcome as amazing as it would be.
NOW READ THIS: Nightly MMA News Tap 4/4/2018: White clarifies the lightweight title situation, Conor McGregor’s status and Brock Lesnar’s return. Dillashaw-Garbrandt targeted for UFC 227(W/video analysis) | 1,309 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027318986.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20190823192831-20190823214831-00245.warc.gz | 0.957107 |
cbc73934-89a5-4a99-a07d-b17d4953876d | 2013-06-19T14:20:05+00:00 | 2012-03-21 | 0 | http://www.omega-level.net/2012/03/21/stars-put-up-safety-barriers-for-planets-cosmic-bumpers/ | As scientists have used their super-technos to discover more and more planets, they’ve come to notice a pattern between the distance of these planets from their stars. At first most thought it was because of an unfavorable smell the stars exuded, but it may turn out to be something more clever. The stars themselves put up barriers. Cosmic bumper bowling.
Hot radiation from young stars could explain why planets revolve at certain distances.
The search for planets outside our solar system has turned up more than 700 planets, with thousands more awaiting confirmation.
Exoplanet surveys have found that relatively few giant planets orbit their stars between 1 and 2 astronomical units (AU, the distance from the Earth to the sun), but a lot of planets orbit slightly further out.
What causes this planetary pile-up? These behemoths are thought to form further away from the star and migrate inwards through a surrounding disc of dust and gas, which drags them inwards. So why don’t they just keep going and plunge into the star?
Ilaria Pascucci of the University of Arizona in Tuscon has used space and ground-based telescopes to watch gas escape from seven infant solar systems. High-energy photons from each young, active star heat the disc’s dust and gas until it evaporates into space.
Not all of it, though: only the gas in a certain region around the star can escape, at a distance of between about 1 and 2 AU. Further away, the star’s radiation is too weak to heat the gas enough. Any closer, and the star’s gravity holds on too tightly.
“This can make a barrier for this migration,” says Pasucci, who presented the model on 19 March at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas. “If you remove the gas, the planet cannot pass beyond that gap. It gets stranded.”
Pretty amazing stuff. The dance of the cosmos, hidden strings! Tying us all together, keeping us all apart. Beautiful, man. Beautiful. | 428 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00012-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.939326 |
e03fab6c-bdc7-43fa-9f2a-a0948da196d5 | 2019-08-22T14:32:04+00:00 | 2019-08-22 | 0 | https://bikesforfish.com/tag/growth/ | I’ve been thinking about who comes and goes in our lives. What ‘sticking around’ looks and feels like. I suppose I’m exploring my own understanding of what draws me toward or away from things in life. I’m also interested in what generates movements and momentum in groups or how ideas gather support, take shape and gather energy and become dominant forces – not necessarily for any particular purpose but nevertheless have social and cultural effects. I was pondering this while riding to work and realised cycling was the perfect analogy (no surprises wheelie). So here’s a wee story/narrative, let’s go for a little spin.
I’ve never really been one for staying with the pack. Going it alone is fine and I generally prefer to ride on my own. It can at times feel a little vulnerable and lonely but I’ve found ways to feel the presence of others or to become part of the wider world while travelling or training. Riding in packs gives a sense of power and presence on the road. People in cars tend to notice a big group – even if they don’t like it – it’s hard to ignore. Being in the pack affords you space so long as you play by the rules. But you can also conserve energy and stay hidden, it’s easy and being swept along without a thought of where and why we are. But it can become a trap of comfortable unconsciousness. The question is then do I want to be here and how do I get out? Getting out of a pack depends a bit on where you are located and who is around you. Sometimes it’s as small gap, a change of pace, and a signalling to others around you. Going too quickly or with sudden moves isn’t always the best even if you desperately need out. Moving to the edges or finding a break through point becomes easier if others come with you. Once free it can be a bit of a shock as the wind hits and your awareness of how closed in it had been becomes obvious. But you can also see more, and have the ability to swerve and deviate from the line and not risk pissing someone off or taking others down.
Making a break on your own is tough, but sometimes necessary and others might chase and join. Then you could be caught but a big bunch. Riding with people that want to ride at a different pace or cover different territory could see you take different routes but meet up at a later point having arrived but having very contrasting experiences. Sometimes people drop off the back, you want them to stay with you and to keep up but they just aren’t able to. There could be a chance for them to catch up on the downhill but keeping up your own momentum is also important. Packs are not inherently bad in fact, it’s fun to join the back of one from time to time but I like to know that I am still travelling somewhere I want to go. But beware of large packs and mass movements. Just because they are moving fast doesn’t mean they are going in your preferred direction. They create lots of pull, and seem to move with purpose but they don’t necessarily care about sharing space with others. In fact some packs can blow right through other smaller ones fragmenting and disorienting those riders without stopping to look over their shoulder.
I like riding out of my comfort zone, with people willing to get a bit lost, but know how to read a map and navigate. Get off the beaten track and explore some back roads from time to time. Just so long as there is coffee somewhere along the way, otherwise I will pack a sad. | 760 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317130.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822130553-20190822152553-00102.warc.gz | 0.970231 |
f15ecc07-9fe5-4da3-be98-6b3a9050b362 | 2016-07-27T01:54:21+00:00 | 2009-02-01 | 0 | http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2009/02/starting-genealogy-and-family-hope.html | Going through my mother's boxes from her apartment, and re-examing Doris' Genealogy Box has made me stop and think. Have I made sure that the genealogy and family treasures in my care are going to be passed on to others for safe-keeping?
I am sure that many of us have such treasured items. Even if we have no family heirlooms we have our genealogy research and papers. I've learned that when a loved one dies, it is not always easy, or possible, to preserve precious documents or heirlooms. Even if saved, how and when does one pass them on to others?
It should be easy. You save everything you think is worth saving, and immediately decide you are passing everything on. Done - not your problem anymore. But wait! Who says the folks you want to pass these treasures on to are prepared to accept them. I'm learning it's not as easy as you might think.
Will Others Treasure Your Treasures?
Another scenario - you have family treasures that you enjoy so you don't want to pass them on to others now, but you want to be sure they go to other family members when you are gone. That's even more difficult to guarantee.
There are logistics involved in passing on family heirlooms and genealogy papers. If you expect your journals to be kept for the next hundred years or more, you should be thinking ahead to the problems future generations might encounter. People move. Families split up. Your great-grandson might treasure your journals but his wife may think they are just taking up space and getting musty and dirty. You might have so many journals that they become scattered and lost.
What about Great grandma's wedding ring? How will you ensure that is passed on and its history known and shared?
Your great-uncle's Military Medals and papers - is it really logical to think that a jumbled mass of documents with some tarnished medals is still going to be kept all together by one descendant and its provenance still remembered?
Who Wants Your Masses of Genealogy Papers!
And your genealogy papers and records that take up 4 filing cabinet drawers or 10 binders. Who on earth is going to want to store those? Even if you have a son or daughter ready and willing, what are the chances that the next generation will accept those 4 filing cabinets of papers and store them safely?
Who Will Carry the Torch?
I've been giving this a lot of thought over the past year and even more so since my mother passed away. As the unofficial keeper of the family photos and treasures in my family, I need to make sure that everything I love and hold dear will go on to the people I think most apt to pick up the torch and continue to cherish them.
I thank my lucky stars that my grandmother passed on most of her cherished heirlooms to me when I was a teenager. She saw an interest from me and she leapt at the opportunity to tell me the stories of who owned each item and what it meant to her.
It must have been difficult for her to let them go in her lifetime but it was a very wise step on her part. Had she waited, it is unlikely many would have been saved when she died, as no one but me knew their significance. And I was many miles away with no say over who in the family was given any mementoes.
Develop a Plan
So I have developed a plan - a Genealogy & Family Hope Chest - for helping to ensure that treasured family items and genealogy papers do get passed on and cherished by others. I call it a Genealogy & Family Hope Chest because you cannot of course guarantee that what you consider important to pass on will be preserved and passed on by others. All you can do is hope. But along with that hope you can take steps to maximize the possibility that what you want will happen!
Let's start with Step 1 of the Genealogy & Family Hope Chest
First, make a list. Yes, sit down today and make a list of all the family treasures and heirlooms that you have in your possession.
Beside each item, write a brief description of its provenance - who owned it and how old it is, and how and when it came into your possession. Take a photograph of it or scan it. Do this for each cherished item you have.
Print the photos. You can print 4 to a page or 6 to a page, or print each separately. It's up to you. Make sure you clearly label each photo with the name and brief description of what it is. Yes, you're duplicating your list you just created, but in a visual format.
You now have a written or printed list of family heirlooms with a description of each. You also have a photo of each family heirloom clearly labelled and described.
Put one copy of the list and photos in your Safety Deposit Box (if you have one) This is just to safeguard against losing the other copy!
The other copy (list plus photos) should go in a manilla envelope marked "FOR MY EXECUTORS" and placed where your Executor(s) will remember to go to first. You have written a will and appointed executor(s) haven't you? Phone your executor(s) and tell them where you are putting this envelope and what is in it. (You should already have such an envelope which contains instructions on what you want done with your remains, where your safety deposit box is, a list of bank accounts, lawyer's name etc but that's a topic for another blog post)
This is the Family part of your Hope Chest, don't worry about your Genealogy papers just now. We'll get to those later. You can have a break now and relax. I'll talk about Step 2 of a Genealogy & Family Hope Chest in my next blog post. I think you will find Step 2 is a lot of fun! | 1,235 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257825358.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071025-00286-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.974634 |
580ef3df-84b9-486e-ae15-9920ec9716ba | 2022-05-17T07:04:56+00:00 | 2022-05-17 | 0 | https://learn.pocketsmith.com/article/1280-reminders | Scheduling Reminders in PocketSmith
Schedule email or mobile app reminders to prompt you to check-in and keep on top of your categorization and budgets in PocketSmith📱📧
In this article
PocketSmith's reminders feature allows you to schedule a day and a time to be reminded to do the following tasks within PocketSmith.
- Reminder to categorize transactions
- Reminder to check budgets
You can choose to be reminded by either receiving a notification on your mobile device or by receiving an email.
Setting up reminders in PocketSmith
User Preferences (
Profile menu > User preferences)
Reminders in the sidebar, then click
Select the type of reminder you want to be scheduled
Choose the date and time for the reminder
- Then, select whether you want to receive the reminder via email and/or via the mobile app
- Click Save to confirm
If you want to get reminder notifications on your mobile device, you will first need to enable notifications from within the PocketSmith mobile app. The following section shows how to do this: Enabling reminders in mobile apps
Timezone used for reminders
The timezone that you have chosen for your PocketSmith account will be used for the date and time of the reminders.
You can change the timezone of your PocketSmith account with the following guide: Changing the timezone of your PocketSmith account.
Enabling reminders in mobile apps
Before you can receive reminders on your mobile device, you will first need to enable reminders from within the PocketSmith mobile app.
- Open the PocketSmith mobile app
- On the Dashboard, tap the profile button on the top-right
- Tap on Reminders
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For more information on cycling Newport and the Oregon coast, including Oregon coast bike trails and Oregon coast cycling maps, please visit the Lincoln Country Public Works Department’s Bicycle Information page, or check out the Yaquina Wheels Bike Club website for scheduled rides.
Bike rentals, service, parts and more can also be found at the Newport Bike Store.
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4f2f6614-1cc9-42b7-8667-196c1cea931e | 2013-05-20T22:32:32+00:00 | 2013-02-19 | 1 | http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-2279263/True-Fair-Calculator-true-size-investment-fees.html | What are you forking out in investment fees? Designers of new 'True and Fair' calculator claim they can tell you
Do you want to know how much in fees is being creamed off your investments? A new calculator will be launched shortly which promises to tell you exactly that - not just as a percentage of your overall investment, but in pounds and pence too.
It is the creation of Gina and Alan Miller, founders of investment management firm SCM Private, who also spearhead the True and Fair Campaign calling for transparent fund charges.
Their calculator - due for launch in April - draws on methodology already being used by American regulators that gives investors clear information on the total charges they can expect to pay.
What are you paying to fund managers? True and Fair Campaign claims hidden fees and charges are eroding returns by far more than most investors realise
Much to the frustration of investors, this seemingly crucial information is currently not available. Asset managers must give details of their set management charges but dealing, admin and other charges can add significantly to the cost. Funds already publish a 'total expense ratio' (TER) but critics say even this disguises the actual amount being taken.
The Millers believe hidden fees and charges levied by fund managers are eroding returns by far more than most investors realise, and say their calculator will reveal the real impact of these costs on individual portfolios.
Gina Miller says they feel so strongly about this that they have plunged £100,000 of their own money into developing the calculator.
'I thought we have got to get it - just do it,' she says. 'I just want it to be out there.'
The True and Fair Calculator is being modelled on one launched a few years ago by US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission, which wanted American investors to see the fees they were paying on their investments.
HOW WILL THE TRUE AND FAIR CALCULATOR WORK?
You will be able to put in the name of a fund and get a figure showing the likely charge if you make an investment - for instance, on a £10,000 sum over 10 years.
The fee figure will appear as a percentage, or you will be able to see it in pounds and pence if you wish.
There will be the option to put in several funds at once - possibly three, although this has not been finalised.
The True and Fair campaign says the calculator will cover all the funds sold in the UK.
'Back in 2004, the SEC said it was unfair that investors in the US couldn't see the costs,' explains Miller. 'They said it was a basic right for the consumer to know these things.'
She says the officially-backed US calculator got a million hits in its first three years.
Check it out here to see how it works.
Miller thinks the True and Fair version will prove popular too, and is hoping it might even end up being adopted by UK financial watchdogs.
She is convinced investors want full transparency on investment fees and costs. Her campaign has carried out a survey that showed 92 per cent of UK adults were in favour of statutory reform to force disclosure of charges.
The research also showed that 74 per cent of investors wanted them displayed as a single, cash figure.
Miller admits the calculator will not be 100 per cent accurate, but thinks it will be close enough to become a valuable tool and certainly better than having nothing at all.
She claims it is necessary because fund managers currently understate their annual charges, which are commonly cited at around 0.75 per cent.
But 'hidden costs' come to around 1-2 per cent on top and amount to some £16.3billion a year, she estimates. Such costs can be hard to pin down, but administration, dealing, custody, and broker fees can all fall under this category.
Miller says a voluntary code on fees has been proposed by industry bodies the Association Of British Insurers, the National Association of Pension Funds and the Investment Management Association, but dismisses this saying it will not work unless it is compulsory.
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acbdf89e-6954-4771-92e9-7436728d67f8 | 2016-07-31T03:32:48+00:00 | 2015-02-13 | 1 | http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/education-02132015175711.html | The government of Myanmar warned student demonstrators Friday “action will be taken” to restore order in the country if they do not end a protest march to the commercial capital Yangon against education legislation they say will limit academic freedom.
The special announcement, issued through state media, came days after the government agreed in principle to student demands on the National Education Law and had requested an end to the protests. Students, however, pledged to continue marching until parliament approves the reforms.
“People are still marching toward Yangon, and in order to avoid undesirable problems and for the security of the country, the rule of law, and peace in the neighborhoods, actions will be taken in accordance with the law to deter the marchers from entering Yangon Region,” the statement said.
The government did not provide details of what action would be taken, though large numbers of security personnel had previously been deployed at points along the route from Myanmar’s second largest city Mandalay to Yangon and could be used to confront or arrest the students.
Hundreds of students from across the country have been marching to Yangon since Jan. 20, demanding that the government amend the National Education Law, passed last September, which they say is too restrictive.
The students are protesting the legislation’s centralized control of the curriculum, ban of student and teacher unions, and lack of education spending increases.
The main group of students, from Mandalay, has stopped for the night in Bago region’s Paungde township, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Yangon, after having completed nearly two-thirds of its journey.
The Associated Press quoted a protester named Win Tin as saying marchers were “surprised by the announcement.”
On Wednesday, the government and lawmakers agreed to include students and other education professionals in referendums and education law drafts during four-way talks that also included students and representatives of the Network for National Education Reform (NNER)—an organization consisting of educational, political and religious groups.
They also agreed to allow students to freely form unions, promised not to arrest students and their supporters who have participated in the reform movement, and abolished central control over the education system.
Lawmakers pledged to raise the national budget allocation for education to at least 20 percent in five years and also agreed to implement an education system that includes ethnic minority languages in accordance with student demands that minorities be allowed to freely learn their own language.
A member of NNER who took part in the talks told RFA Wednesday that the terms of the agreement would be submitted to parliament and students would continue with their march until they had been approved.
Students released a statement Friday saying the march would continue despite the government threat, according to the Irrawaddy online journal.
“If Parliament’s decision is not satisfactory, we will march in protest to Rangoon, and if it is satisfactory, we will walk to Rangoon in a show of victory,” the students’ statement read.
The Irrawaddy quoted Min Thwe Thit of the Action Committee for Democratic Education (ACDE), which is spearheading the march, expressing doubts about the government’s commitment to reforming the law.
“The public are worried and ask us why we don’t stop our protest, and I want to explain to them that we only have an agreement [in principle] and have not officially seen our demands met.”
The march has attracted growing numbers of students and Buddhist monks, and also counts many supporters from Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which is expected to make a strong showing in elections slated for later this year.
The threat of an expanded protest is sensitive in Myanmar, where in 1988 a student-led pro-democracy movement was crushed by the former junta.
A delegation of protesting students met with Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday at her home in the capital Naypyidaw to discuss their demands related to amending the National Education Law, local media reported.
The Nobel laureate and opposition lawmaker said she would relay the students’ concerns to parliament, but reminded them that it was unreasonable to expect all of their demands would be met in a country operating as a democracy.
Myanmar’s education system is still recovering from decades of neglect under military rule, when the government clamped down on academic independence and freedom because the ruling generals viewed the nation’s universities with suspicion.
A fourth round of four-way talks on the controversial education law is scheduled for Saturday.
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The UN system has the experience and presence to assist countries in scaling up finance to address climate change in a way that strengthens and advances national development priorities. UN system agencies can play an important role in advising governments on the mix of regulatory and financial incentives to generate and access finance for low-carbon, climate-resilient investments.
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75707fe7-087e-49be-8319-36a5783d57f3 | 2013-06-19T19:25:49+00:00 | 2001-08-01 | 0 | http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3007 | An hour conversation with cyclist Lance Armstrong about his third win at the Tour de France. He discusses his distinction as only the second American to win the race three times, his battle with testicular cancer and the focus required to compete at the top levels.
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f4484e6d-4a89-492f-a1b3-325419141120 | 2022-05-16T04:38:33+00:00 | 2016-01-31 | 1 | https://www.pistonudos.com/en/ds-s-strategy-to-position-itself-as-a-luxury-brand-is-annoying-at-citro-n | Now, a French brand is once again entering the premium segments. DS, born from Citroën, is now the luxury brand of the group and is betting on a totally different image to carve out a niche for itself. The brand's aim is to associate DS with French luxury, especially in Paris, while at the same time building on the DS heritage, which is raising internal concerns within Citroën.
"DS has its roots in Paris. The DS19 was created and manufactured Quai de Javel [Citroën's historic headquarters], in the 15th arrondissement," explained Yves Bonnefont (the brand's CEO) to a French business weekly. "We have every legitimacy to say that we are from Paris (...) and when you leave Europe that image is very positive".
That's why DS is now one of the patrons of the Louvre Museum. The brand thus organises exclusive DS events with private tours of the museum and occasional exhibitions. This leads the brand to strange situations such as the opening of a DS Store (in March 2016) in Tehran. The local importer even wants to organise an exhibition with works from the Louvre.
Moreover, in some markets, they are proposing limited series in partnership with high fashion brands, such as the "DS3 Inés de la Fressange" (600 units) or specific to certain markets. For the brand's launch in Japan, for example, the DS3 received a more luxurious treatment than the European version and was christened "So parisienne".
Culture, fashion and Paris are the main focus of DS communication.
The brand is also creating spaces dedicated to DS, such as DS Stores, with a look and feel reminiscent of French-style luxury. In Europe there are already new DS Stores, all in cities with a strong image of wealth, such as Geneva, Luxembourg, Milan and Copenhagen. In Spain, the DS Stores in Madrid and Barcelona are scheduled to open in 2016. And although they have opened a DS Store in Tunisia, the first in Africa, the DS offensive is focused on the East. In fact, most DS Stores are located in Asia (Tel Aviv, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, etc).
This strategy may come as a surprise now that the brand has no relevant new products. Since 2011 when it presented the DS5 -exclusive for China- the brand has not presented a new model. For that we will have to wait until 2018, according to internal sources. This lack of novelty explains why DS sales are not as expected. In the first nine months of the year, in Western Europe, they fell by 17.7% (55,600 units sold). In China, a market on which the brand is betting big, DS estimates it will sell 19,000 cars, a figure similar to that of 2014.
While the big news arrives, the DS3 will have its restyling for the Geneva show in 2016 and the DS4 would soon have a long-wheelbase version, only for the Chinese market.
In this case, it is not that PSA has decided to do things by halves, but the arrival of Carlos Tavares at the head of the group has precipitated events. DS was already planned to be the luxury brand of the group, but not right now. And as it takes between 3 and 4 years to develop a new car, we will have to wait.
Within Citroën, the new strategy is raising hackles. It is not so much the speed with which it was done - and that Citroën stopped counting sales as its own, since they are now DS's - but because DS is taking over an important part, one of the pillars of the brand, in a blatant way. Obviously, he was talking about DS.
All of Citroën's technological and innovative past with the DS, and even the SM, has instantly become part of DS, as if the DS brand has been around for 60 years, when it hasn't even been around as a brand for two years.
In the brand's official press releases, when talking about the 1955 Citroën DS, there is no mention of "Citroën" at any point. On a formal and practical level, the Citroën DS and SM from Citroën's historic fleet are now in the hands of DS, and are no longer part of Citroën Heritage. On the one hand, it makes sense for DS to use the "original DS", as the brand now calls it, to have a certain historical legitimacy in the premium segment, as MINI does with the Mini created by Sir Alec Issigonis, for example. However, the discomfort of Citroën's people goes beyond wounded pride and a certain nostalgia. In fact, it is turning into unease.
Citroën Ds and SM are no longer Citroën for PSA, they have always been DS.
Many don't like the way PSA is leaving Citroën. The "Créative Technologie" brand is running out of technology and coherent range, at least they are leaving some creativity. Between a Picasso (undoubtedly the best MPV on the market) and an original C4 Cactus, Citroën is looking for its identity now that it has been deprived of an important part of its past (they even deny it the historic Parisian headquarters on Quai de Javel). Citroën is left with the 2CV and its derivatives, the Traction Avant ("duck" in Spain), the Mehari and little else. For the people at Citroën, it's becoming increasingly clear that the chevron brand has to find its place on the market. And it has to do it fast. Between low-cost or rational brand and at the same time with some originality, two concepts a priori nothing compatible, it is not easy. In the end, at PSA, when they wanted to invent a brand, they were forced to launch two brands, DS and Citroën. A very hard and complicated task. | 1,279 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662509990.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516041337-20220516071337-00009.warc.gz | 0.968124 |
97aeda87-d2ec-4ed2-9d91-f2aad2895d9a | 2013-05-26T02:56:47+00:00 | 2013-03-05 | 1 | http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Starving_goats_to_hit_Indian_pashmina_production_999.html | by Staff Writers
Srinagar, India (AFP) March 5, 2013
Heavy snow has killed nearly 25,000 pashmina goats that graze high in the Indian Himalayas, threatening supplies of top-end cashmere wool used to make luxury scarves, an official said on Tuesday.
Thousands of nomads rear the animals in the inhospitable terrain of India's northwestern region of Ladakh, a high-altitude desert bordering China that is renowned for its dramatic landscape of towering mountains and arid plains.
Around 50 tonnes of some of the best raw pashmina wool in the world are produced there each year with the fibres then sent to neighbouring Kashmir where they are woven into scarves and shawls which sell for up to 800 dollars apiece.
This year, an estimated 25,000 goats have starved to death in the Changthang region because their fodder is buried under unusually heavy snow, said Rigzin Spalbar, who heads the Ladakh Hill Development Council, the autonomous governing body of the region.
"All the land access routes are blocked with snow and a week earlier we requested the government to airdrop fodder and supplements for the surviving goats," Spalbar told AFP by phone.
"It took me seven days on foot to reach a fringe of the area and I saw dead pashmina goats lying all around," Spalbar said, explaining that the only contact with the nomads is through satellite phones.
Another 175,000 goats are at risk of perishing as their food is inaccessible beneath about 90 centimetres (three feet) of ice after one of the biggest snowfalls in nearly fifty years, he said.
At 17,000 feet (5,200 metres), Changthang receives almost no rain during summer and usually about five centimetres of snow in an average winter. Temperatures can drop to minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit).
"We are totally helpless and are trying to organise fodder in compact form from the army in Leh," he said, referring to the biggest town in Buddhist-majority Ladakh.
In recent years, due to a lack of supplies from Ladakh, weavers in Kashmir have begun importing raw pashmina from China and Mongolia to meet ever-increasing demand for their products.
Demand for the highest-quality wool has risen worldwide and in India following tighter restrictions on the illegal trade in shahtoosh, the "king of wools", which comes from a rare species of Tibetan antelope.
Pashmina goats in Ladakh have been threatened in the past by a shortage of grass in summer months because of locusts, with the spraying of insecticides prevented in the environmentally sensitive area.
Scientists at the Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Srinagar, the main city of Kashmir, announced a breakthrough last year when they succeeded in cloning a pashmina goat.
The goat, produced with the help of World Bank money, was named Noori, an Arabic word for light.
Scientists say they hope to produce another one this year.
Apart from the pashmina goats in Ladakh, Spalbar said another 100,000 sheep, cows and wild yaks were also at risk of perishing because of the snowfall.
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361186af-b133-43d9-8ced-b9d3316d18c4 | 2017-08-19T13:15:04+00:00 | 2011-01-31 | 0 | http://www.247travelinsurance.co.uk/blog/what-to-pack-for-a-ski-holiday/ | Packing for a ski vacation can often seem like a headache. It’s difficult travelling light when you need to pack all of your bulky ski gear. Fitting your salopettes and skis into your suitcase can prove tricky and with limits on baggage allowance, packing for a ski holiday can be even harder. Fortunately a little pre-planning can make packing for your ski holiday a little easier.
Organise your Baggage
If you’re flying make sure you check with your airline what their policy on luggage allowance is. Some airlines, particularly the budget ones, have much lower checked baggage allowances and fines for over packing which can be expensive. Don’t just check the weight allowance, careful attention must be paid to the maximum dimensions allowed for each piece of luggage, especially if you’re taking your own skis. Some airlines may allow one additional piece of sporting equipment to travel free of charge like your skis. If this isn’t the case you may be able to get away with packing everything into one large ski bag. A trick to maximise room in your suitcase is to stuff smaller items into your boots and folding larger clothing around your gear. You could think about taking your ski boots on board as hand luggage, that way if your baggage is lost or delayed you’ll still have your own boots and can rent skis at your resort.
The best way to keep warm on the slopes is by building up layers of thermals and fleeces under your outerwear. Take several sets of base layers to give them time to dry out after skiing each day. Limit your après-ski wear to a casual pair of jeans and jumper and one pair of boots with a decent tread.
Spare Gloves and Socks
Make room in your bag for a second pair of gloves and socks so each pair has a full day to dry out. Damp clothing will make you colder faster; definitely something you want to avoid when on the slopes. You may also want to consider packing an extra hat and scarf for the same reason.
Protect Helmets and Goggles
Helmets and goggles should be packed carefully to avoid knocks and scratches. Place your goggles inside your helmet and then pack clothes around it to cushion it from heavy handed baggage handlers.
Sunscreen and lip balm are essential items for skiing and can be expensive to buy in a resort. On an especially bright and sunny day, you can get sunburn in as little as 20 minutes exposure. A good sunscreen can protect you from the sun’s UV radiation and from sunburn.
Don’t forget to pack your ski travel insurance
Travel Insurance with winter sports cover can be purchased for just £9.40* at www.247travelinsurance.co.uk – a small price to pay to be able to really enjoy your ski holiday!
* Premium £9.40 includes Insurance Premium Tax, personal possessions cover and winter sports cover. Based on a ‘standard’ single trip 24/7 travel insurance policy for one adult aged under 55 travelling to Europe for 3 days. Policy purchased within 14 days of departure date. Cover details and prices are correct at time of going to press (January 2011) and are subject to change. | 664 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105451.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819124333-20170819144333-00371.warc.gz | 0.941429 |
da4b753b-02d4-49fd-9c39-8fb5146a8e71 | 2019-08-20T09:24:54+00:00 | 2019-03-01 | 1 | https://www.giiresearch.com/report/moi390617-global-cardiac-rhythm-management-devices-market.html | Market Research Report
Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2019 - 2024)
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The cardiac rhythm management devices market is expected to witness a CAGR of 4.8% during the forecast period. Certain factors that are driving the market growth include the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disorders, technological advancements, a rise in the use of ambulatory and home services for cardiac monitoring, and favorable reimbursement policies.
The increasing instance of cardiovascular disorders is one of the foremost factors driving the cardiac rhythm management devices market. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, cardiovascular diseases account for more than 30% of deaths. Also, nearly 33.5 million people, globally, are suffering from atrial fibrillation (AFib), which is the most common type of serious arrhythmia. With the rise in the aging population in America and Europe, a number of patients suffering from heart rhythm disorders are likely to witness an increase and this is a cause for concern.
However, the therapeutic radiation used in cancer treatment can influence the operation of a patient with implantable cardiac rhythm devices. The implantable device technology uses complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) which are vulnerable to damage by the therapeutic doses of radiation, but it can vary according to the type of device in use. This factor is one of the major factors that limits the scope of using cardiac rhythm management devices, as the implants are highly sensitive and their malfunctioning may have serious consequences. On the other hand, the high cost of these devices with limited insurance coverage is limiting the growth of the market.
Cardiac rhythm management is a part of electrophysiology, which is used to manage the functioning of the heart. The last decade has observed an ongoing evolution and the use of cardiac rhythm management devices, including cardiac resynchronization therapy, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and loop recorders. General practitioners (GP) are increasingly involved in the follow-up and management of patients with these devices.
Defibrillator is Expected to Hold the Largest Market Share in the Product Type
As per the American Heart Association (AHA), survival from cardiac arrest got doubled when bystanders used a publicly-available automated external defibrillator (AED) rather than just wait until emergency responders arrived. Bystanders used an AED in 18.8% of such cases. Cardiac arrest victims who received a shock from a publicly-available AED had far more chances of survival and being discharged from the hospital than those who did not, accounting for 66.5% versus 43%. Therefore, it has been estimated that about 1,700 lives are saved in the United States every year by bystanders using a defibrillator. This indicates that the usage of defibrillators has experienced a significant rise, globally, over the recent years.
North America Dominates the Market and Expected to do Same in the Forecast Period
North America is expected to have the largest market share for cardiac rhythm management, due to the developed healthcare infrastructure, government initiatives, and rising incidence of arrhythmias demanding more cardiac implants. According to a report by the US CDC, more than 75,000 hospitalizations are attributed to atrial fibrillation. Also, it is highlighted that a large part of the American population suffers from atrial fibrillation. Therefore, it is expected to rise further in the forecast period.
Asia-Pacific is another region with high potential for this market, due to the rising healthcare expenditure by the government, the increasing the prevalence of cardiac disorders and the growing per capita income of the population in the South Asian countries.
The cardiac rhythm management devices market is highly competitive and consists of a few major players. Companies like Abbott, Abiomed, Biotronik SE & Co KG, Boston Scientific Corporation, Koninklijke Philips NV, LivaNova Plc, Medtronic PPLC, SchillerAG, Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics Co. Ltd, and Zoll Medical Corporation, among others, hold the substantial market share in the cardiac rhythm management devices market. | 919 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315321.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820092326-20190820114326-00540.warc.gz | 0.908162 |
1b0ae9cf-9667-48f2-8e3a-169265ac36dd | 2022-05-20T08:29:38+00:00 | 2017-11-01 | 1 | https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/7959-on-your-next-flight-you-could-be-forced-to-leave-your-camera-at-home | If you're a frequent flier (and even if you're not...) you might want to think about the gadgetry you pack in your checked baggage.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the federal government is encouraging airlines to ban certain electronic devices in checked baggage due to the risk of fires.
The proposed ban includes both laptops and cameras, as well as other large personal electronic devices.
This all came about after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ran a series of tests in which they placed a laptop with a fully charged battery next to a heater.
Naturally, the added heat caused the laptop's lithium-ion battery to overheat.
The problem is that if the battery from a device overheated in flight, and if the overheated battery was near an aerosol can like hairspray in a checked bag, a fire and explosion could occur in less than a minute. You can see footage from the FAA's testing in the video above by ABC News.
In fact, in one test, the aerosol can that was used was an 8-ounce can of dry shampoo (which is a permitted item) which exploded in just 40 seconds. And because the fire and explosion occurred so quickly, an airliner's fire suppression system would be challenged to put out the flames before catastrophic damage might be done.
It might sound like a far-fetched scenario, but when we're talking about the safety of aircraft with potentially hundreds of people on board, you can understand why such a dire warning has been issued.
In fact, since 2006, three cargo jets have crashed resulting in four pilot deaths due to batteries interacting with things like nail polish remover, hand sanitizer, and rubbing alcohol, the result of which was in-flight fires.
To address the situation, the FAA has issued a recommendation that electronics larger than a smartphone be banned from checked baggage.
The proposal allows airlines room to determine specifically what items would be banned, however.
Before the ban is implemented, it must first be reviewed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which is tasked with creating worldwide airline standards for safety. The organization will consider the ban within just two weeks when they meet in Montreal.
The proposed ban already has the support of many key stakeholders in the industry, including the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Association, the European Safety Agency, Airbus, and the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Association.
Naturally, if this ban goes into effect, it might cause photographers a whole lot of headaches, particularly for professional photographers that need to check large amounts of camera gear.
Of course, leaving your cameras at home isn't an option, so a better alternative might be to remove any batteries from your gear and pack them in your carry on, that way there's no possibility of interaction with combustible materials in the cargo hold.
This is another layer of security that has come down the pike in recent years that has made air travel more difficult for photographers, albeit safer in the long run.
You might remember a temporary ban on cameras in the cabin of planes as well as a temporary ban on laptops on certain flights earlier this year.
Additionally, the TSA requires that cameras be screened separately from other items, so it's certainly more difficult to travel if you've got a camera in tow.
For more details on the testing that led to the ban proposal, you can check the International Civil Aviation Organization's official paper by clicking here.
This story originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune. | 711 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662531762.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520061824-20220520091824-00021.warc.gz | 0.960536 |
9370d64e-9aec-480e-baec-04ceb503a89d | 2020-10-19T15:36:53+00:00 | 2020-07-01 | 1 | https://ccnews24.net/iranian-power-plants-can-mine-cryptocurrencies/ | Iranian Power Plants can mine Cryptocurrencies
Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesman for the electricity industry told IRNA that the power plants could be active in cryptocurrency mining.
As we informed you in a recent article, Iran is comes to the leading places in Bitcoin mining and according to its production capacity, it ranks third together with countries such as Russia and Kazakhstan. We also wrote about how Iran has licensed for the first time a BTC mining farm with 6,000 machines and the value of the equipment alone is stated as IRR 300,000 million (USD 7.2 million).
The Iranian authorities, led by Mashadi, emphasize that the necessary electricity will be obtained by those who have the licenses from the ministry and comply with the tariffs approved by the virtual currency mining centers. If the power plants concerned decide to mine, they will have to meet another of the conditions, namely that they will not be able to use subsidized fuel.
Iran is reacting in this context because it currently has one of the cheapest tariffs for electricity
In the interview, Mashadi also highlights:
Now we’re in a situation where the supply of electricity is of great importance to the public and we will not allow those who abuse the tariffs set for the agricultural and industrial sectors to produce bitcoins.
The Iranian authorities currently report 14 applications received for the establishment of cryptocurrency centers, and a spokesman said:
interested parties had requested more than 300 MW, equivalent to the consumption of the three provinces in the country to be provided.
Follow our social media and get news on time | 317 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107863364.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20201019145901-20201019175901-00007.warc.gz | 0.955256 |
f8bf8055-0036-4148-bfcd-6ffd169bc62a | 2016-07-30T22:55:22+00:00 | 2012-10-03 | 1 | http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20121003/NEWS/310039962/westlake-adding-pvc-capacity-switch-to-ethane-feedstock%26template=emailthis%26template=printthis%26template=emailthis&template=printthis | By: Frank Esposito
October 3, 2012
HOUSTON (Oct. 3, 3:05 p.m. ET) — Westlake Chemical Corp. is increasing its investment in Calvert City, Ky., with plans to increase annual production capacities for PVC resin and ethylene feedstock.
Houston-based Westlake will spend between $210 million and $240 million to add almost 200 million pounds of PVC capacity and 180 million pounds of ethylene capacity at the site. The expansions are part of a switch from propane to ethane feedstock there to take advantage of newfound supplies of North American natural gas, which can be used to make ethane.
“These announced projects demonstrate our commitment to our overall integration strategy and to leveraging our access to low-cost feedstock,” President and CEO Albert Chao said in an Oct. 2 news release.
The ethylene expansion and feedstock conversion are expected to be complete in mid-2014, with the PVC expansion coming online by the end of that year, officials said in the release. When the expansions are complete, the Calvert City plant will have annual capacities of 1.3 billion pounds of PVC and 630 million pounds of ethylene.
Westlake earlier had announced plans to spend $40 million to upgrade infrastructure in Calvert City. The firm also is adding more than 200 million pounds of ethylene capacity at its plant in Lake Charles, La., early next year.
PVC has weathered the post-recession world better than most North American commodity resins, largely by focusing more attention on export sales as the domestic construction market struggled. U.S./Canadian PVC sales were up five percent through July, with exports accounting for 35 percent of total sales.
In Kentucky, Westlake has preliminary approval for $10 million in tax incentives. Another $7 million in incentives are pending. The expansion projects are expected to create 300 construction jobs.
News of the expansion continues an eventful year for Westlake. It began in January when the firm made a bid to acquire rival Georgia Gulf Corp. Westlake withdrew that bid in May. Two months later, Georgia Gulf agreed to merge with the commodity chemicals business of PPG Industries to create a new company.
Westlake’s lineup of plastics and chemicals includes PVC, low density polyethylene, ethylene, vinyl chloride monomer and caustic soda, as well as PVC pipe and related products through it North American Pipe unit.
The firm posted sales of almost $2 billion in the first half of 2012, up almost nine percent vs. the same period in 2011. Westlake’s first-half profit grew almost 24 percent to $203 million in the same comparison. Olefins – including LDPE – accounted for more than 70 percent of the firm’s first-half sales.
On Wall Street, Westlake’s per-share stock price has enjoyed a tremendous ride so far in 2012. The price began the year around $40 but was near $74.30 in late trading Oct. 3 – an increase of more than 80 percent. | 633 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469258943369.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723072903-00314-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.954531 |
3aef53fd-4555-40ef-bb75-625cf78dbe57 | 2020-10-26T07:09:36+00:00 | 2019-12-31 | 0 | https://www.littlesparta.org.uk/december-2019/ | A still quiet air.
The new brick pathways have been extended by the Evening will come… sundial and further sections filled in by the Fructidor stone baskets, also in front of the wooden bench A delightful spot under chosen trees by the woodland entrance, and on around the Top pond by See Poussin. Hear Lorrain. Hopefully all of this will settle in permanently and become much less evident and interventionist than it looks at present as it ages, and as much as possible, greens over.
Every renewal brings with it more waste – and a couple of mounds of excavated earth from the path construction were dumped by the top corner of the woodland and under the laurel by the gate piers opposite the Grotto as work in progress. Rather than just conceal or remove them, these have now been planted with ivy, ferns and foxgloves which will all quickly naturalise, forming accidental but welcome new areas of woodland planting.
The curving serpentine walkway of blackcurrants in the middle of the Parkland has been remade – 40 new bare root plants ‘Ben Hope’ have been put in place. These fresh juvenile plants should quickly fill out and improve this feature next season. The old bushes which were well past their prime have been relocated in different areas of the garden to give them a second lease of life – in the Little Wood by the old collapsed stile, and behind the curfew curlew stone to form a small blackcurrant wood – they immediately look well in these spaces, forming effective screening and blocking unintended passageways used by visitors.
A western hemlock tree has been planted near to the Flautist urn in the Parkland – positioned so that it will eventually fill out to filter the direct view through to the Pyramid in the Temple garden – its colour and form will also bring a contrasting flash of brightness to a dark gloomy spot.
In the Parkland the last leaves continue to be gathered – from around the alder by Virgil – a shaded path, and the last few stragglers elsewhere brought down by blustery winds. Around the more formal areas in the Front garden and by the Temple and store room, bulbs which are now pushing through have also been cleared of some of the more dense fallen leaves so they will flower readily in springtime.
Throughout the garden and woodland all of the more formal lawn and grassed areas have been aerated (simply by making a regular sequence of holes with a garden fork) and scarified – heavily mossed areas scrapped back so the grass has a chance to rejuvenate. Even at the moment where parts of these areas are just compacted earth it will improve the soil structure prior to reseeding in spring. Again, one of those repetitive tasks that will hopefully show benefit and reward when things start to grow again and all fills out newly fresh and green.
An old dead tree hanging over the pathway by the Top pond which had been creaking ominously and threatening to collapse has been cut down – but the remains of its gnarly trunk form have been left as home to mosses and mushrooms which thrive there.
Also one of the willows spanning down into water by the Golden head of Apollo has been given the same attention – three large limbs are cut off – as they shift back and forward in the wind they are damaging the bank and the suspicion is that they add to the perimeter pathway here being waterlogged.
Some roses which missed out on earlier pruning are given a cut back to keep them in shape – at the bottom of the front beds by Fabre d’Eglantine, and in the woodland by the Path of Language bench.
All is tidied away and the garden is finished for the year. It rests in a still quiet air. | 775 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107890586.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20201026061044-20201026091044-00586.warc.gz | 0.972182 |
4a99c51b-65d9-4535-8b9a-3e79b11af58c | 2015-03-28T23:54:39+00:00 | 2013-12-13 | 1 | http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-13/aid-workers-say-legislation-failing-to-protect/5156456?pfm=sm | DAVID MARK: The United Nations says violence against women in Afghanistan is on the rise, but authorities there have acted on only a small number of reported cases.
The UN's latest report shows only seven per cent of the 1,700 or so testimonies of beatings, forced marriages and other brutalities went through the judicial system.
The law was enacted only a few years ago. Aid workers say it's failing to protect Afghanistan's women, and as Sarah Sedghi reports, they fear things will only get worse when Western troops finally leave the country.
SARAH SEDGHI: It's been called the most dangerous place in the world to be a woman, and the United Nations Assistance Mission's latest report shows the situation isn't getting any better.
MARY AKRAMI (translated): Domestic violence, which is common, besides that there is forced marriages, child marriages. The other side is when we see that the poor woman, they know about their rights and they wanted to choose their partner by themselves and they wanted to have access to education, they wanted to have access to health - but due to the status of a woman when it comes to having access to all these things, it really makes life difficult for women.
SARAH SEDGHI: Mary Akrami is the founder and executive director of the Afghan Women's Skills Development Centre. She is working to implement Elimination of Violence Against Women laws that were passed by presidential decree four years ago.
But she says it's evident the laws are failing women.
MARY AKRAMI (translated): Even now we have seven per cent of women with access to this law, it is really disappointing because we will lose even this achievement.
SARAH SEDGHI: She's worried things will only get worse when Western troops leave Afghanistan next year.
The United Nations report looked at 16 of the 34 Afghan provinces. It found a 28 per cent increase in reported cases of violence against women.
Heather Barr from Human Rights Watch says the Afghan government is failing women.
HEATHER BARR: In some areas the effort has actually gone backwards and you have to hold the Afghan Government accountable for this failure and I think the reason this is happening is not that it's impossible to enforce these laws but because there isn't really any political will by the Afghan government.
SARAH SEDGHI: It's been more than a decade since the end of Taliban rule, which restricted Afghan women from public life, banned their education and used public stonings as a punishment for adultery.
President Hamid Karzai's term finishes in April next year, when the new presidential elections are held.
Heather Barr says this is only adding to the uncertainty for women.
HEATHER BARR: Karzai has not been nearly as strong on women's rights as we could have hoped for. Now the next president of Afghanistan will not owe his job to the international community, he will owe nothing to the international community so unfortunately as poor as Karzai has been I think we've got every reason to be concerned that the next president is likely to be worse.
SARAH SEDGHI: But the uncertainties don't end there. A Bilateral Security Agreement with the US remains unsigned. Its purpose is to determine the ongoing role of American troops in Afghanistan after most of the NATO troops leave.
Wazhma Abdulrahimzay from the human rights network Open Society fears that as the troops leave, there will be less media attention on human rights issues.
WAZHMA ABDULRAHIMZAY (voiceover): From the beginning there has been a concern mostly for women because it makes us think about other issues, other aspects of these issues because the transition process of the Afghan military, they should have that much capacity that the foreign troops have.
There is a lot of concern that the power of the opposition, power of the warlords, power of those who are misusing the weakness of the Afghan military, it will be directly affecting women.
DAVID MARK: Wazhma Abdulrahimzay ending that report. | 845 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131298015.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172138-00252-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.968612 |
aed9f66e-0105-4c6a-823a-5e4b4c54463a | 2017-08-23T00:44:18+00:00 | 2016-08-23 | 1 | http://www.coolingpost.com/uk-news/heat-pipes-create-new-way-of-freezing/ | UK: Scientists claim to have engineered a new way of freezing as low as -180C using liquid nitrogen and heat pipe technology.
The new cryogenically-cooled heat pipe technology, engineered by scientists at Brunel University London, could have benefits in the medical sector and is said to avoid the dangers often associated with liquid nitrogen.
“At the heart of the new system is the concept that what we needed was to be able to efficiently transfer cold,” explained Dr Hussam Jouhara of Brunel’s Institute of Energy Futures.
“The cold in our design comes from liquid nitrogen. But unlike conventional cold storage using the liquefied gas we don’t need to physically transfer the nitrogen. The cryogenic heat pipe is literally just moving the cold.
“In safety terms this has major implications as in the US alone eight deaths a year are attributed to nitrogen asphyxiation. Our innovations mean the gas tanks can be situated safely outside in the open air.”
The system’s green and money-saving credentials are attributed to what the scientists’ describe as a highly efficient energy recovery process which promises a reduction of up to 50% reduction in liquid nitrogen use compared to conventional equipment.
“Liquid nitrogen is expensive in both cash terms and energy consumption to produce,” added Dr Jouhara. “And quite rightly there are strict health and safety rules because of the attendant dangers of asphyxiation. The Brunel system has no such special requirements.”
Once installed heat pipes are regarded by engineers as a “fit and forget” technology as they have no moving parts and require no routine maintenance.
Dr Jouhara is partnering with industrial gases company Air Products to commercialise the new freezer technology.
The company’s head of cryogenic technology development, Jon Trembley said: “After almost exactly 25 years, Air Products is back at Brunel University conducting leading cryogenic technology research in collaboration with Dr Jouhara.
“It’s great to be back at Brunel; 25 years ago Air Products European Technology Group was located on campus before out-growing the space and moving out in 1991 to new lab facilities in Basingstoke. Our new research programmes into cryogenically cooled heat pipes is an exciting new development and Brunel’s expertise and excellent capabilities are perfect for our research requirements.”
Initial real world uses are likely to be for medical storage and the team will be working with the NHS Blood and Transplant Service to develop prototype freezers to rapidly cool and store plasma made from donated blood.
“We also see strong demand from facilities which store cord blood or eggs or sperm or other biological materials at very low temperatures,” said Dr Jouhara. | 576 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886116921.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170823000718-20170823020718-00684.warc.gz | 0.93956 |
7eb9f14d-519a-4c69-87fc-1b2ab4f7feca | 2020-10-29T14:43:27+00:00 | 2020-06-26 | 1 | https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001376706/zimbabwe-suspends-stock-exchange-mobile-payments-over-economic-sabotage | Zimbabwe on Friday suspended trade on the stock exchange and mobile phone-based payments to address what President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government called “criminality and economic sabotage”.
The decision to suspend mobile payments will hit the economy hard as more than 80 per cent of all transactions are conducted on phones due to a shortage of banknotes, according to central bank data.
In a statement on Friday, government spokesman Nick Mangwana said the move, which takes immediate effect, was part of efforts to arrest the slide of the Zimbabwe dollar, which has sharply devalued since its reintroduction last year after a decade of dollarisation.
“Government is in possession of impeccable intelligence which constitutes a prima facie case whereby the phone-based mobile money systems of Zimbabwe are conspiring, with the help of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, either deliberately or inadvertently, in illicit activities that are sabotaging the economy,” the statement said.
The suspension of all mobile payments and the stock market was meant to allow “intrusive investigations”.
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The government says mobile payment platforms were major drivers of a roaring foreign currency trade outside formal banking channels, with multiple listed stocks such as Old Mutual providing proxy exchange rates implied by their prices on foreign bourses such as the London Stock Exchange.
On Tuesday, Zimbabwe’s central bank began weekly foreign currency auctions in a bid to draw scarce foreign currency into the formal market. | 353 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107904287.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029124628-20201029154628-00131.warc.gz | 0.949732 |
f35e0ed8-a4e0-415b-8b6f-0124e4f0ec46 | 2015-03-30T23:00:29+00:00 | 2014-10-18 | 1 | http://gaggio.blogspirit.com/telepresence_virtual_presence/ | Oct 18, 2014
Brain networks in two behaviourally-similar vegetative patients (left and middle), but one of whom imagined playing tennis (middle panel), alongside a healthy adult (right panel). Credit: Srivas Chennu
People locked into a vegetative state due to disease or injury are a major mystery for medical science. Some may be fully unconscious, while others remain aware of what’s going on around them but can’t speak or move to show it. Now scientists at Cambridge have reported in journal PLOS Computational Biology on a new technique that can help identify locked-in people that can still hear and retain their consciousness.
Some details from the study abstract:
We devised a novel topographical metric, termed modular span, which showed that the alpha network modules in patients were also spatially circumscribed, lacking the structured long-distance interactions commonly observed in the healthy controls. Importantly however, these differences between graph-theoretic metrics were partially reversed in delta and theta band networks, which were also significantly more similar to each other in patients than controls. Going further, we found that metrics of alpha network efficiency also correlated with the degree of behavioural awareness. Intriguingly, some patients in behaviourally unresponsive vegetative states who demonstrated evidence of covert awareness with functional neuroimaging stood out from this trend: they had alpha networks that were remarkably well preserved and similar to those observed in the controls. Taken together, our findings inform current understanding of disorders of consciousness by highlighting the distinctive brain networks that characterise them. In the significant minority of vegetative patients who follow commands in neuroimaging tests, they point to putative network mechanisms that could support cognitive function and consciousness despite profound behavioural impairment.
Study in PLOS Computational Biology: Spectral Signatures of Reorganised Brain Networks in Disorders of Consciousness
Oct 17, 2014
Oct 06, 2014
In the last decade, online virtual worlds such as Second Life and alike have become enormously popular. Since their appearance on the technology landscape, many analysts regarded shared 3D virtual spaces as a disruptive innovation, which would have rendered the Web itself obsolete.
This high expectation attracted significant investments from large corporations such as IBM, which started building their virtual spaces and offices in the metaverse. Then, when it became clear that these promises would not be kept, disillusionment set in and virtual worlds started losing their edge. However, this is not a new phenomenon in high-tech, happening over and over again.
The US consulting company Gartner has developed a very popular model to describe this effect, called the “Hype Cycle”. The Hype Cycle provides a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications.
It consists of five phases, which show how emerging technologies will evolve.
In the first, “technology trigger” phase, a new technology is launched which attracts the interest of media. This is followed by the “peak of inflated expectations”, characterized by a proliferation of positive articles and comments, which generate overexpectations among users and stakeholders.
In the next, “trough of disillusionment” phase, these exaggerated expectations are not fulfilled, resulting in a growing number of negative comments generally followed by a progressive indifference.
In the “slope of enlightenment” the technology potential for further applications becomes more broadly understood and an increasing number of companies start using it.
In the final, “plateau of productivity” stage, the emerging technology established itself as an effective tool and mainstream adoption takes off.
So what stage in the hype cycle are virtual worlds now?
After the 2006-2007 peak, metaverses entered the downward phase of the hype cycle, progressively loosing media interest, investments and users. Many high-tech analysts still consider this decline an irreversible process.
However, the negative outlook that headed shared virtual worlds into the trough of disillusionment maybe soon reversed. This is thanks to the new interest in virtual reality raised by the Oculus Rift (recently acquired by Facebook for $2 billion), Sony’s Project Morpheus and alike immersive displays, which are still at the takeoff stage in the hype cycle.
Oculus Rift's chief scientist Michael Abrash makes no mystery of the fact that his main ambition has always been to build a metaverse such the one described in Neal Stephenson's (1992) cyberpunk novel Snow Crash. As he writes on the Oculus blog
"Sometime in 1993 or 1994, I read Snow Crash and for the first time thought something like the Metaverse might be possible in my lifetime."
Furthermore, despite the negative comments and deluded expectations, the metaverse keeps attracting new users: in its 10th anniversary on June 23rd 2013, an infographic reported that Second Life had over 1 million users visit around the world monthly, more than 400,000 new accounts per month, and 36 million registered users.
So will Michael Abrash’s metaverse dream come true? Even if one looks into the crystal ball of the hype cycle, the answer is not easily found.
An international team of neuroscientists and robotics engineers have demonstrated the first direct remote brain-to-brain communication between two humans located 5,000 miles away from each other and communicating via the Internet, as reported in a paper recently published in PLOS ONE (open access).
Emitter and receiver subjects with non-invasive devices supporting, respectively, a brain-computer interface (BCI), based on EEG changes, driven by motor imagery (left) and a computer-brain interface (CBI) based on the reception of phosphenes elicited by neuro-navigated TMS (right) (credit: Carles Grau et al./PLoS ONE)
In India, researchers encoded two words (“hola” and “ciao”) as binary strings and presented them as a series of cues on a computer monitor. They recorded the subject’s EEG signals as the subject was instructed to think about moving his feet (binary 0) or hands (binary 1). They then sent the recorded series of binary values in an email message to researchers in France, 5,000 miles away.
There, the binary strings were converted into a series of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) pulses applied to a hotspot location in the right visual occipital cortex that either produced a phosphene (perceived flash of light) or not.
“We wanted to find out if one could communicate directly between two people by reading out the brain activity from one person and injecting brain activity into the second person, and do so across great physical distances by leveraging existing communication pathways,” explains coauthor Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
A team of researchers from Starlab Barcelona, Spain and Axilum Robotics, Strasbourg, France conducted the experiment. A second similar experiment was conducted between individuals in Spain and France.
“We believe these experiments represent an important first step in exploring the feasibility of complementing or bypassing traditional language-based or other motor/PNS mediated means in interpersonal communication,” the researchers say in the paper.
“Although certainly limited in nature (e.g., the bit rates achieved in our experiments were modest even by current BCI (brain-computer interface) standards, mostly due to the dynamics of the precise CBI (computer-brain interface) implementation, these initial results suggest new research directions, including the non-invasive direct transmission of emotions and feelings or the possibility of sense synthesis in humans — that is, the direct interface of arbitrary sensors with the human brain using brain stimulation, as previously demonstrated in animals with invasive methods.
Brain-to-brain (B2B) communication system overview. On the left, the BCI subsystem is shown schematically, including electrodes over the motor cortex and the EEG amplifier/transmitter wireless box in the cap. Motor imagery of the feet codes the bit value 0, of the hands codes bit value 1. On the right, the CBI system is illustrated, highlighting the role of coil orientation for encoding the two bit values. Communication between the BCI and CBI components is mediated by the Internet. (Credit: Carles Grau et al./PLoS ONE)
“The proposed technology could be extended to support a bi-directional dialogue between two or more mind/brains (namely, by the integration of EEG and TMS systems in each subject). In addition, we speculate that future research could explore the use of closed mind-loops in which information associated to voluntary activity from a brain area or network is captured and, after adequate external processing, used to control other brain elements in the same subject. This approach could lead to conscious synthetically mediated modulation of phenomena best detected subjectively by the subject, including emotions, pain and psychotic, depressive or obsessive-compulsive thoughts.
“Finally, we anticipate that computers in the not-so-distant future will interact directly with the human brain in a fluent manner, supporting both computer- and brain-to-brain communication routinely. The widespread use of human brain-to-brain technologically mediated communication will create novel possibilities for human interrelation with broad social implications that will require new ethical and legislative responses.”
This work was partly supported by the EU FP7 FET Open HIVE project, the Starlab Kolmogorov project, and the Neurology Department of the Hospital de Bellvitge.
Sep 25, 2014
Sep 21, 2014
I still can't close my mouth.
The demo lasted about 10 min, during which several scenes were presented. The resolution and framerate are astounding, you can turn completely around. I can say this is the first time in my life I can really say I was there.
I believe this is really the begin of a new era for VR, and I am sure I won't sleep tonight thinking about the infinite possibilities and applications of this technology. and I don't think I am exaggerating - if anything, I am underestimating
Aug 03, 2014
Birdly is a full body, fully immersive, Virtual Reality flight simulator developed at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). With Birdly, you can embody an avian creature, the Red Kite, visualized through Oculus Rift, as it soars over the 3D virtual city of San Francisco, heightened by sonic, olfactory, and wind feedback.
Jul 09, 2014
Experiential Virtual Scenarios With Real-Time Monitoring (Interreality) for the Management of Psychological Stress: A Block Randomized Controlled Trial
The recent convergence between technology and medicine is offering innovative methods and tools for behavioral health care. Among these, an emerging approach is the use of virtual reality (VR) within exposure-based protocols for anxiety disorders, and in particular posttraumatic stress disorder. However, no systematically tested VR protocols are available for the management of psychological stress. Objective: Our goal was to evaluate the efficacy of a new technological paradigm, Interreality, for the management and prevention of psychological stress. The main feature of Interreality is a twofold link between the virtual and the real world achieved through experiential virtual scenarios (fully controlled by the therapist, used to learn coping skills and improve self-efficacy) with real-time monitoring and support (identifying critical situations and assessing clinical change) using advanced technologies (virtual worlds, wearable biosensors, and smartphones).
Full text paper available at: http://www.jmir.org/2014/7/e167/
Jun 30, 2014
Apr 15, 2014
Glyph looks like a normal headset and operates like one, too. That is, until you move the headband down over your eyes and it becomes a fully-functional visual visor that displays movies, television shows, video games or any other media connected via the attached HDMI cable.
Using Virtual Retinal Display (VRD), a technology that mimics the way we see light, the Glyph projects images directly onto your retina using one million micromirrors in each eye piece. These micromirrors reflect the images back to the retina, producing a reportedly crisp and vivid quality.
Apr 06, 2014
Measuring the effects through time of the influence of visuomotor and visuotactile synchronous stimulation on a virtual body ownership illusion
Measuring the effects through time of the influence of visuomotor and visuotactile synchronous stimulation on a virtual body ownership illusion.
Authors: Kokkinara E, Slater M
Abstract. Previous studies have examined the experience of owning a virtual surrogate body or body part through specific combinations of cross-modal multisensory stimulation. Both visuomotor (VM) and visuotactile (VT) synchronous stimulation have been shown to be important for inducing a body ownership illusion, each tested separately or both in combination. In this study we compared the relative importance of these two cross-modal correlations, when both are provided in the same immersive virtual reality setup and the same experiment. We systematically manipulated VT and VM contingencies in order to assess their relative role and mutual interaction. Moreover, we present a new method for measuring the induced body ownership illusion through time, by recording reports of breaks in the illusion of ownership ('breaks') throughout the experimental phase. The balance of the evidence, from both questionnaires and analysis of the breaks, suggests that while VM synchronous stimulation contributes the greatest to the attainment of the illusion, a disruption of either (through asynchronous stimulation) contributes equally to the probability of a break in the illusion.
Mar 02, 2014
Voluntary Out-of-Body Experience: An fMRI Study.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2014;8:70
Authors: Smith AM, Messier C
The present single-case study examined functional brain imaging patterns in a participant that reported being able, at will, to produce somatosensory sensations that are experienced as her body moving outside the boundaries of her physical body all the while remaining aware of her unmoving physical body. We found that the brain functional changes associated with the reported extra-corporeal experience (ECE) were different than those observed in motor imagery. Activations were mainly left-sided and involved the left supplementary motor area and supramarginal and posterior superior temporal gyri, the last two overlapping with the temporal parietal junction that has been associated with out-of-body experiences. The cerebellum also showed activation that is consistent with the participant's report of the impression of movement during the ECE. There was also left middle and superior orbital frontal gyri activity, regions often associated with action monitoring. The results suggest that the ECE reported here represents an unusual type of kinesthetic imagery.
Humanlike robot hands controlled by brain activity arouse illusion of ownership in operators.
Sci Rep. 2013;3:2396
Authors: Alimardani M, Nishio S, Ishiguro H
Operators of a pair of robotic hands report ownership for those hands when they hold image of a grasp motion and watch the robot perform it. We present a novel body ownership illusion that is induced by merely watching and controlling robot's motions through a brain machine interface. In past studies, body ownership illusions were induced by correlation of such sensory inputs as vision, touch and proprioception. However, in the presented illusion none of the mentioned sensations are integrated except vision. Our results show that during BMI-operation of robotic hands, the interaction between motor commands and visual feedback of the intended motions is adequate to incorporate the non-body limbs into one's own body. Our discussion focuses on the role of proprioceptive information in the mechanism of agency-driven illusions. We believe that our findings will contribute to improvement of tele-presence systems in which operators incorporate BMI-operated robots into their body representations.
Feb 09, 2014
The importance of synchrony and temporal order of visual and tactile input for illusory limb ownership experiences - an FMRI study applying virtual reality
The importance of synchrony and temporal order of visual and tactile input for illusory limb ownership experiences - an FMRI study applying virtual reality.
PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e87013
Authors: Bekrater-Bodmann R, Foell J, Diers M, Kamping S, Rance M, Kirsch P, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Bach F, Cakmak HK, Maaß H, Flor H
Abstract. In the so-called rubber hand illusion, synchronous visuotactile stimulation of a visible rubber hand together with one's own hidden hand elicits ownership experiences for the artificial limb. Recently, advanced virtual reality setups were developed to induce a virtual hand illusion (VHI). Here, we present functional imaging data from a sample of 25 healthy participants using a new device to induce the VHI in the environment of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In order to evaluate the neuronal robustness of the illusion, we varied the degree of synchrony between visual and tactile events in five steps: in two conditions, the tactile stimulation was applied prior to visual stimulation (asynchrony of -300 ms or -600 ms), whereas in another two conditions, the tactile stimulation was applied after visual stimulation (asynchrony of +300 ms or +600 ms). In the fifth condition, tactile and visual stimulation was applied synchronously. On a subjective level, the VHI was successfully induced by synchronous visuotactile stimulation. Asynchronies between visual and tactile input of ±300 ms did not significantly diminish the vividness of illusion, whereas asynchronies of ±600 ms did. The temporal order of visual and tactile stimulation had no effect on VHI vividness. Conjunction analyses of functional MRI data across all conditions revealed significant activation in bilateral ventral premotor cortex (PMv). Further characteristic activation patterns included bilateral activity in the motion-sensitive medial superior temporal area as well as in the bilateral Rolandic operculum, suggesting their involvement in the processing of bodily awareness through the integration of visual and tactile events. A comparison of the VHI-inducing conditions with asynchronous control conditions of ±600 ms yielded significant PMv activity only contralateral to the stimulation site. These results underline the temporal limits of the induction of limb ownership related to multisensory body-related input.
Feb 02, 2014
Activation of the human mirror neuron system during the observation of the manipulation of virtual tools in the absence of a visible effector limb
Activation of the human mirror neuron system during the observation of the manipulation of virtual tools in the absence of a visible effector limb.
Neurosci Lett. 2013 Oct 25;555:220-4
Authors: Modroño C, Navarrete G, Rodríguez-Hernández AF, González-Mora JL
Abstract. This work explores the mirror neuron system activity produced by the observation of virtual tool manipulations in the absence of a visible effector limb. Functional MRI data was obtained from healthy right-handed participants who manipulated a virtual paddle in the context of a digital game and watched replays of their actions. The results show how action observation produced extended bilateral activations in the parietofrontal mirror neuron system. At the same time, three regions in the left hemisphere (in the primary motor and the primary somatosensory cortex, the supplementary motor area and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) showed a reduced BOLD, possibly related with the prevention of inappropriate motor execution. These results can be of interest for researchers and developers working in the field of action observation neurorehabilitation.
Jan 25, 2014
The Intel® Core™ i7-based MemoryMirror takes the clothes shopping experience to a whole different level, allowing shoppers to try on multiple outfits, then virtually view and compare previous choices on the mirror itself using intuitive hand gestures. Users control all their data and can remain anonymous to the retailer if they so choose. The Memory Mirror uses Intel integrated graphics technology to create avatars of the shopper wearing various clothing that can be shared with friends to solicit feedback or viewed instantly to make an immediate in-store purchase. Shoppers can also save their looks in mobile app should they decide to purchase at a later time online.
Jan 21, 2014
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Nov 20, 2013
inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display developed by MIT Tangible Media Group that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way.
inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table’s surface.
Remote participants in a video conference can be displayed physically, allowing for a strong sense of presence and the ability to interact physically at a distance.
Nov 16, 2013
Researchers at Duke University have reported in journal Science Translational Medicine that they were able to train monkeys to control two virtual limbs through a brain-computer interface (BCI). The rhesus monkeys initially used joysticks to become comfortable moving the avatar’s arms, but later the brain-computer interfaces implanted on their brains were activated to allow the monkeys to drive the avatar using only their minds. Two years ago the same team was able to train monkeys to control one arm, but the complexity of controlling two arms required the development of a new algorithm for reading and filtering the signals. Moreover, the monkey brains themselves showed great adaptation to the training with the BCI, building new neural pathways to help improve how the monkeys moved the virtual arms. As the authors of the study note in the abstract, “These findings should help in the design of more sophisticated BMIs capable of enabling bimanual motor control in human patients.”
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REDEVELOPMENT DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
||FULLERTON CITY HALL
||October 27, 2005
CALL TO ORDER :
The meeting was called to order at 4:04 PM by Chairman Daybell
ROLL CALL :
|COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairman Daybell; Committee Members Cha, Duncan and Hoban
||COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT:
Committee Member Hoffman
Judy Berg, Claudia Canfield, Fred Canfield, Mark Carnigan, Pat Cowan, Lynda Dykes, Rick Ellington, Jeff Goodfriend, Judith Kaluzny, Tom Lerdsunanrut, Tim Morgan, Jim Ranii, John Rapp, Xue Mei Ren, Jeff Reinhardt, Bob Root, Susannah Trejo, Pauline Wahler, Peter Whittingham
Chief Planner Rosen, Senior Planner Eastman, Associate Planner Sowers, Planning Technician Kathryn Ho, Clerical Staff Leopold, Redevelopment Project Manager Rob Ferrier
MOTION made by Committee Member Hoban to approve the minutes of October 13, 2005 as written SECONDED by Committee Member Cha. PASSED unanimously.
1. PRJ04-00004A - ZON04-00002A.
A request to modify the architecture approved under Major Site Plan ZON04-00002 located at 2200 N. Harbor Blvd. (generally located on the northeast corner of Harbor Blvd. and Bastanchury Road) (C-1) (Categorically exempt under Section: 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines). (HS)
Associate Planner Sowers provided a staff report on the project. For clarity staff noted that a condition has been recommended that an additional row of windows be added below the windows currently proposed. However, staff's recommendation would allow these new windows to be opaque and can be framed and covered with drywall on the interior of the building.
Chairman Daybell questioned if the existing trees (particularly the tree along Harbor Boulevard) are going to be removed. Peter Whittingham, Curt Pringle & Associates, applicant, answered that the tree is slated to be removed because of the bus turnout the City is requiring.
Senior Planner Eastman stated that as part of the approvals of the original project, a bus turnout was required. The specific tree discussed cannot be retained.
Chairman Daybell opened the meeting for public comment.
Peter Whittingham stated that he has worked on the CVS project for the past two years and has worked closely with staff, particularly on the re-submittal of the architecture. He stated the current plans better address the surrounding context than did the original plans, and they provide elements not typically included in the design of a CVS or any other pharmacy.
Mr. Whittingham introduced the CVS representatives including Lynda Dykes, CVS Realty Co., architect Tim Morgan, BSW International, and developers Pat Cowan and John Rapp, KZ Holdings.
Chairman Daybell asked Mr. Whittingham if he reviewed the recommended conditions for approval presented by staff in the report and if he agreed with them. Mr. Whittingham answered affirmatively.
Committee Member Duncan asked about the relationship between the round tower feature and the adjoining masonry walls, to determine if any relief or standoff existed. Mr. Morgan said the site and building pad is very tight with only 18 inches to work with, to pop out an architectural element. As currently designed, the sides of the building dive into the tower feature, offering no relief. However, the current dimensions do allow for shade and shadows to be created on the building exterior using the trellis structure.
There being no further comments from the public, Chairman Daybell turned the meeting over to Committee Member comments.
Committee Member Hoban said the St. Jude area is an opportunity for Fullerton to modernize. He liked the modern direction of the design but thought that even more modern elements (aluminum and glass) could be added.
Committee Member Cha had no comments.
Committee Member Duncan recommended the corner rotunda to be pushed back, if possible, to allow the side walls to project out, rather than dive into the tower. The walls should have more emphasis and strength. He felt that would just be a recommendation, but didn't think it needed to be a recommended condition of approval.
Mr. Morgan stated if the recommendation was done it would diminish the size of the tower. Staff had previously encouraged the architect to, because of the corner orientation of the building, create a strong entry statement.
Committee Member Duncan recommended the corner landscape not be a "cookie cutter" landscape. Because the parking surfaces come right up to the building, he said the front landscaping becomes crucial. He suggested that the designer take into consideration what the corner is doing to the building and allow a more forward thinking landscape design.
Chairman Daybell agreed with Committee Member Duncan's comments and also suggested the architect consider the building as viewed from Harbor Boulevard (the longer of the two street views) in its landscape design and include planting to soften the building. He reiterated that a quality landscape design is recommended and the applicant should work with staff on this design.
Committee Member Duncan made a MOTION to recommend approval of the project with staff recommendations. Committee Member Hoban SECONDED. PASSED 4 to 0.
For the benefit of the public attending, item was heard out of order.
5. Transportation Center Study Update
Redevelopment Project Manager Rob Ferrier gave a detailed review of the purpose and update of the 1995 study draft report and requested the committee provide input and comments on the project. The purpose of the 1995 study was to establish a vision and goals that could be used to guide development in and around the Transportation Center over a 10-year shelf life. The completion of the update would reinforce the City/Agency's commitment to public planning of Fullerton's historic core.
Mr. Ferrier gave an update on previous workshops arranged to discuss the study.
He stated the study would be presented at the upcoming meetings.
- Planning Commission, Wednesday, Nov. 9
- Agency Council will review and consider it for approval on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Chief Planner Rosen announced to the committee that approximately 1,000 notices were mailed to the community regarding the meeting and several community members were in attendance to voice their opinions on the study.
Public hearing opened by Chairman Daybell.
Jim Ranii, 123 N. Cornell, was on the Pac 2 committee, which established the initial Downtown design review guidelines. Mr. Ranii expressed his concerns with the limited private and semi-public open space Downtown. He stated his "nightmare" vision of the Downtown, wherein development is limited to only two-story buildings, and as a result, every square inch of land was being taken up with buildings. He is pleased with the report and how it encourages higher buildings and higher density. Mr. Ranii said that is the only way we're going to get some valuable open space Downtown by allowing buildings to go up further in order to free up some square footage at the ground floor for public open space. He compared the city's population density with the largest cities, in 2000, including the number one city New York, 23,000 people per mile. He stated, in 2000, Fullerton had 5,600 people per square and is in one of the most densest areas in the United States, which is Orange County. He stated that we need to treat Fullerton more of an urban area than a suburban bedroom community. This plan identifies that and changes the tone of the Downtown, which is long overdue.
Bob Root, 56-year resident, gave the background on a study, paid for by the City of Fullerton, and done by the Arroyo group for the 1995 Transportation Center Study stating that the group talked about the benefits of adding a railroad activity or museum by the railroad station. Several community members came up with the idea of building a railroad museum built on the history of the City of Fullerton. In 1988/89 they incorporated the Fullerton Railway Association (FRA) and for 11 years have been working on a concept for a historical railroad museum. He stated that a railroad museum/attraction would truly be a great addition to the City of Fullerton and the developers should place more emphasis on this project. He said if a 48,000 square foot shell of a building could be acquired by the developers that the FRA could work with the state and federal government to develop it into the full size museum being contemplated.
Judith Kaluzny, 41-year resident who lives and works in downtown, said she participated in all four exercises, but the consultant did a great job in putting this together. She said there is a rumor that the bus station located across the railroad station is intended to move to the other side of Lemon. The city should get some farsighted transportation ideas to bring people Downtown. If the bus station was moved, it would discourage people to take public transportation.
Mark Carnigan, 2538 Wallace, had a concern with the overemphasis presented in narrowing the streets and broadening the sidewalks for pedestrian access. He supports pedestrian access and says it would be great for the Downtown, but doesn't think it would work on the major boulevard, because of the high traffic demand, which will continue. Expanded traffic studies should be conducted to find out the traffic demand in Fullerton. Perhaps if the city loses on-street parking, it can convert it to additional traffic lanes or adding/eliminating longer left turn traffic pockets. Mr. Carnigan agrees with modifying the FAR's stating it is restrictive in making Fullerton look like a two-story surburban shopping center. Fullerton is far more urban and will continue to get more urban. He questioned if someone could look into a system where FAR could be increased without requiring a CUP.
Public hearing closed by Chairman Daybell and turned over to the committee for comments.
Committee Member Duncan said the consultant did an excellent job and the community has demonstrated an excellent knowledge and caring attitude about what happens in the city. This project is a great planning tool with wonderful intentions of what will occur in the future. The process including staff involvement, developers, consultants, committee and community involved should result in and excellent outcome for future projects.
Committee Member Duncan stated he is in support of the train museum. In regard to the comments made on pedestrian circulation and green space into the Downtown area, a good opportunity would be to add green space along the existing Flood Control District channels. This would reduce the number of vehicular and pedestrian conflicts with crossings by creating pedestrian/bike paths. He would like to see a lot of things implemented from the document.
Committee Member Cha said he thinks the traffic and parking should be enhanced in this project area, since it is a core part of Fullerton and the future of Fullerton. And the city should keep in mind how much additional parking we'll need 10 years from now. He stated the height should not be limited in this project area.
Committee Member Hoban stated he supports the rail station and had questions regarding the train usership. He favors the historic element of a museum and fully supports the document and recommends to uplift the rail station usage in the report. Committee Member Hoban supports the importance of outdoor zones for pedestrians and green space. He stated the buildings should go up rather than out, as you move away from the Harbor Blvd. frontage.
Chairman Daybell said if we overcrowd the traffic coming through the area via Harbor, we will choke Harbor and create a traffic jam and should create a better traffic flow. He thinks it's favorable to tighten Harbor rather than Lemon and Highland, but doesn't think it is feasible without creating a traffic jam. He stated he could see a lot of merit if the sidewalks on Harbor would be widened to 12 ft. The success of the Downtown is not only the people who reside here, but those who work, live and visit here. Chairman Daybell stated if we choke the incoming streets, we'll regret it.
Chairman Daybell recommended that the City work with the College District regarding the green space issue on Lemon and Chapman and work with the Orange County Flood Control District on the water channels.
With no further comments from the committee, Chairman Daybell closed this item.
The meeting was moved to the City Council Conference Room.
2. PRJ04-01164 - ZON05-00024.
A request for the development of a 14-unit (per unit: 429 sq. ft. garage; 185 sq. ft. first floor; 462 sq. ft. second floor, 500 sq. ft. third floor) attached condominium project in Community Improvement District (CID) located at 918 S. Highland. (generally on the east side of Highland Avenue between 150 and 275 feet south of Knepp Avenue, west to Tamarack Drive) (R-3) (Categorically exempt under Section: 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines). (HS)
Associate Planner Sowers presented the staff report for this project. She stated the project complies with a code from the site plan perspective.
Staff looked at two main elements in the design of the site including:
- The project did not look like a though street to Tamarack
- Maximize open space
Both things have been accomplished.
Staff concerns included:
Architecture incorporates some craftsman elements but isn't a fully craftsman building in style. Staff recommendation is to essentially decide what architecture the buildings want to be and go in that direction either to continue with craftsman elements and staff would recommend certain details to be added; or simplify the building. Either approach would work as long as it's consistent.
Staff recommendation is to revise the architecture and have that come back to the RDRC for review and ultimate recommendation to the Planning Commission. Associate Planner Sowers stated staff would like the RDRC to comment on the specifics of the architecture and staff recommendations, or make a recommendation on the project.
Chairman Daybell opened the meeting for public comment.
Property owner Xue Mei Ren and architect Chris Lo were present. Senior planner Eastman asked Mr. Lo if he read the staff report. Mr. Lo answered yes.
Committee Member Cha asked why the street was blocked going to Tamarack Dr.
Associate Planner Sowers answered it was created for emergency vehicle access only. The residents would only enter and exit from Highland; a through street condition would not be created. Staff does not want the driveway of this project to become a shortcut for residents on Tamarack.
Committee Member Cha also questioned the wrought iron fencing. Associate Planner Sowers said the fence would have a gate that could be accessed by emergency personnel.
Committee Member Hoban asked about the jog in the south property line. Associate Planner Sowers stated that one of the other applications was to abandon a portion of an alley terminus, which has never been developed. While the alley terminus was never constructed, the proposal does not worsen the existing conditions, and will not create a situation where someone comes down in the alley and is unable to turn around. Staff is requiring the applicant to jog the fence location, so the project can leave a turnaround in the alley to accommodate the abandonment.
Committee Member Hoban asked if the split-face block is on both sides or is going to be only for the new development?
Senior Planner Eastman answered that typically staff's recommendation would be for the block to be split-faced on both sides. Committee Member Hoban stated that often it is one side only to save cost.
There being no further comments from the public, Chairman Daybell turned the meeting over to the Committee for comments.
Committee Member Hoban said he wasn't excited about the project because of the box buildings in a box format. If it's going to be a craftsman-style building, it should have those elements. The air conditioning units need to be rearranged and relocated from the entrance. He said he was not completely opposed to a three-story building, but would not make every level of the building three story and in box format. They should vary in number of stories and in their roof lines. The units should be arranged differently. Committee Member Hoban stated he would not support this project at this time.
Committee Member Cha said if it would be costly to change the design and create a better looking building which he believed could not be justified economically. In comparing this project to the surrounding areas, this development is better than what currently exists. Committee Member Cha stated he would like to approve this project with the conditions recommended by staff.
Committee Member Duncan gave his opinion that craftsman-style should not be included in this project. The design can go in that direction, but the building form does not typify the craftsman style. The garage elevation works, but it is the other elevations (front elevations and east and west ends) where there is a lack of correct proportion. Some of the forms can be worked with. A thin three story treatment which runs from the ground all the way to the top makes it look like a thin tower next to the smaller one. He encouraged different heights of the buildings and the architectural details and felt that the buildings appeared too narrow.
Committee Member Duncan liked the site plan, central open space area, landscape. However, he was concerned with the front entries where the washer and dryer would be located and stated they could be reworked into a nicer entry. He agrees with staff recommendations to add a wall. Committee Member Duncan recommends the project come back before the RDRC for review.
Chairman Daybell agreed with Committee Member Hoban's comments. He can't agree with a third story development that would be in a surrounding area of two story buildings. He stated the building is too boxy and should be no more than two story, or develop the split-level idea instead of being all three-story buildings. Chairman Daybell did not support this project.
Committee Member Duncan asked if Chairman Daybell would be open two story elements with three stories and gaining a floor variety in certain areas of the design.
Chairman Daybell answered saying perhaps on a limited basis, but that particular part of town is primarily two story buildings and is not ready to go up vertically yet. He said he would probably support something with a limited amount of third story, but not the entire project.
Chief Planner Rosen stated that area is predominantly two stories.
Committee Member Hoban agreed with Chairman Daybell and said he would like a variation of stories. He stated the committee needs to focus on the architecture of the project and make sure the fundamental design's best they can make it, and not be driven by the economics of the applicant or surrounding area.
Committee Member Hoban made a MOTION to DENY project. SECONDED by Committee Member Duncan.
Prior to a vote, Senior Planner Eastman asked if the committee wanted to entertain a continuance should the applicant be willing to revise the plan.
Chairman Daybell recommended to continue the project rather than deny.
Committee Member Hoban asked the applicant if she would be willing to take back the plan and revise it, taking into consideration the committee/staff comments.
The applicant's realtor Joy commented that the applicant was frustrated because of the lengthy process this project was going through.
The applicant, Xue Mei Ren, stated she has owned the property for two years and it has not been approved.
Chief Planner Rosen stated the abandonment would be taken as a separate item and taken with a recommendation of the Planning Commission. The Commission would approve the site plan subject to the condition of the abandonment approval of the alley to the Council.
Chief Planner Rosen said the RDRC can recommend denial without prejudice which allows the applicant to reapply at any time, or continue the matter to a future hearing date and allow the applicant to work with staff between now and the next meeting. Or they can accept the denial at this time and go forward to the Planning Commission with the denial recommendation from the RDRC.
Senior Planner Eastman explained to the applicant the process the RDRC takes when making a recommendation to the Planning Commission and when denying a project. He asked the applicant if she understood the situation.
Senior Planner Eastman said she had three options:
- Move forward to the Planning Commission with the project proposed and recommendation of denial.
- Ask for a continuance to revise the design per the RDRC and comments, and bring it back to the RDRC for a second review before going to the Planning Commission.
- To ask for a continuance to have two weeks to consider her options and bring back to the RDRC at a further meeting, and present a project with just minor revisions. At that time, the RDRC can make a recommendation.
Associate Planner Sowers reiterated the options available to the applicant.
The realtor inquired about allowing a two-story building with subterranean parking. Chairman Daybell said subterranean parking would not be a problem. He stated his recommendation would be a maximum of two stories and that a three-story building would be too high for the area as it is currently designed.
The realtor told the committee on behalf of the applicant that she would accept the two weeks to make her decision.
MOTION made by Committee Member Hoban to AMEND first motion and CONTINUE project rather than recommended denial.
3. PRJ05-00665 - ZON05-00089. Minor Development Project for a 710 square foot room addition to the main residence on a two-unit property at 415 Jacaranda (generally located on the north side of Jacaranda, approximately 150 west of Ford Avenue) (R-1-7.2) (Categorically exempt under Section: 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines). (HS)
Senior Planner Eastman stated the people in attendance were substitutes for the applicant. The actual property owner was out of the country and could not attend.
Associate Planner Sowers gave the staff report on this project. The conditions recommended by staff are to make sure architectural details of the existing house are carried over into construction drawings for the addition.
Chairman Daybell questioned if the rear detached structures were permitted. Associate Planner Sowers said they were. The dwelling is legal nonconforming and built with the benefit of permits. It's nonconforming because the lot is zoned R-1 and this is a second dwelling. That nonconforming unit could not be expanded.
Committee Member Hoban questioned the setback was measured from the building wall or the eave line. Associate Planner Sowers answered that the setback is measured from the property line to the building face. Eave can encroach into the setback up to 18 inches.
Chairman Daybell opened the meeting for public comment. He asked if those in attendance were able to act on behalf of the property owner. Susana Trejo, resident and daughter of the applicant, said she would be able to respond on behalf of the applicant. At this time she had no comments.
Associate Planner Sowers said Katie and Tom Dalton with Fullerton Heritage were in attendance earlier and had some questions about the project. They wanted to know if the project met the floor area limitations of the preservation zone; and if the applicant was maintaining the exterior details of the house and carried them over to the addition. Associate Planner Sowers answered yes to all their questions.
Chairman Daybell turned the meeting over to the Committee for comments.
Committee Member Duncan said he was in approval of the project, along with the recommendations.
Chief Planner Rosen asked the applicant if the owner had read the conditions. Ms. Trejo said she was unaware whether or not her mother had seen the conditions and said she would return on Saturday.
Committee Member Hoban said it was a cute bungalow, but was concerned that the contractor should be told not put a seam where the new siding meets the old, or use trim to cover the seam. He stated that the new siding should be "feathered" into the existing siding. Committee Member Hoban was in support of the project.
Chairman Daybell is in support of the project and recommended the applicant obtain some comments from building contractors on the feasibility of expanding as they are proposing.
He said it may be difficult to get the space they're after because of the way the house is supported and built - a lot of the structural support members will be removed as proposed.
Committee Member Duncan added the condition of the feathering or replacement of the front faade siding and that there be no vertical seam.
Senior Planner Eastman recommended a second condition stating that, if the property owner should have concerns with the conditions of approval, that she have the ability to return the project to the RDRC within the 10 day appeal period without a fee. If she would like to appeal it to the Planning Commission, then a fee would be charged.
Committee Member Hoban made a MOTION to APPROVE the project with the staff recommendations included in the report and the additional stated conditions. Passed
4 - 0.
This following item was not heard at this time.
4 PRJ05-00677 - ZON05-00094. A request to demolish existing buildings and construct a three unit condominium project on property in a Community Improvement District (CID) zone, located at 115 and 117 Southgate Ave. (R-3) (Categorically exempt under Section: 15303 of the CEQA Guidelines). (JE)
Senior Planner Eastman identified that this project will be heard at a later date as the proposal submitted did not comply with the code, and there are a number of outstanding design concerns.
Senior Planner Eastman gave an update on the Planning Commission meeting from Oct. 26, 2005 regarding the Transportation Center Study Update, OC Transit Authority presentation and the Providence project, in addition to an update on the Olson project.
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If you're a traveler, you get it. Every time you go on a trek around the world you see so many wonderful things that you wish you could scoop up and carry with you. You treasure your memories and you take lots of photos, but how do you keep those wonderful memories present with you?
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Why not wear them as jewelry?
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Perhaps the most unique gifts for travelers are those created from their own photos. Professional travel photos are glorious and most likely more “better” photos technically speaking. However, photos that your traveler friends have taken themselves hold a special meaning.
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November 09, 2021 | 1,249 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662545090.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522063657-20220522093657-00008.warc.gz | 0.934189 |
a4d0144a-1049-4b9f-b91d-f53622abecdf | 2015-04-01T18:00:45+00:00 | 2010-10-25 | 1 | http://www.thestreet.com/story/10803464/1/novelos-therapeutics-announces-positive-phase-2-results-in-nov-002-neoadjuvant-breast-cancer-trial-at-sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center-at-the-university-of-miami.html | Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: NVLT), a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat cancer and hepatitis, today announced positive results in a Phase 2 trial of NOV-002 in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in patients with stage IIB-IIIC HER-2/neu negative invasive breast cancer, conducted by the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Alberto Montero, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Miller School and medical oncologist at Sylvester, is the Principal Investigator.
This Phase 2 open-label, single-arm, Simon 2-Stage trial was designed to determine if preoperative administration of NOV-002 in combination with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel (AC-T) results in at least a doubling in the rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) compared to a historical control. For NOV-002 to be declared active at the end of the trial, a minimum of 12 patients must achieve a pCR. This criterion of 12 pCRs has been met prior to all patients completing the trial. Patient enrollment continues and some patients are still in the NOV-002 treatment stage. Trial results have been submitted for presentation to the AACR Breast Cancer Symposium taking place in San Antonio, TX, in December 2010. The Phase 2 trial design can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov – ID: NCT00499122, or via a link at www.novelos.com ‘Clinical Trials’ section.
“In this trial where now 39 breast cancer patients have been enrolled from three different hospitals we have 12 confirmed pathologic complete responses out of 31 patients (39%) who have undergone surgery, which is higher than what has been previously reported with preoperative chemotherapy, consisting of doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel, in HER-2 negative breast cancer patients,” said Dr. Montero. “By comparison the published pCR rate in several trials with an anthracycline followed by a taxane chemotherapy in patients with HER-2 negative breast cancer is in the range of 10-20%. We also continue to observe very high pCR rates in the breast cancer subtype least sensitive to chemotherapy, hormone receptor positive breast cancer, also known as luminal subtype, thus far we have confirmed pCR in approximately 11/26 (42%) of all ER+ pts. These results I believe provide preliminary data that further trials of NOV-002 plus chemotherapy in breast cancer are warranted.” | 559 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131305143.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172145-00035-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.929615 |
a8880be9-6605-4ba9-8852-7a4275ce78af | 2022-05-27T18:45:26+00:00 | 2022-05-27 | 0 | https://guide.hrintervals-intervallesrh.ca/hc/en-ca/articles/5970756111891-Sample-employee-expense-policy | Employee expense policies vary from organization to organization, but they typically include eligible expenses, how expenses are approved, reimbursement amounts, and the guidelines for claiming expenses. Having an employee expense policy helps approvers and claimants determine reasonable and appropriate expenses and promotes consistency and transparency across the organization.
The following issues should be considered when drafting an expense policy:
- What expenses are eligible and ineligible — and which require supporting documentation?
- Will managers have discretion to approve expenses?
- Do employees need pre-approval before incurring expenses?
- Are employees expected to use the most economical means of transportation? Train, plane, or car?
- Are employees expected to use economy or business class when traveling?
- Are employees expected to use their own vehicle?
- Are employees expected to rent cars or use taxicabs, ride sharing options, or public transit when traveling?
- Who approves travel?
- Who approves expenses?
- How are per diem rates set? How often are they reviewed? How are they benchmarked? For example, sometimes provincial directives inform travel and per diem rates.
In your policy/procedure, consider how you expect employees to make travel arrangements. Do they book on their own and submit expenses or will you have a designated travel coordinator?
Sample Employee Expense Policy
Note: This sample policy has been provided by an anonymous organization.
This policy sets out the principles, accountability framework, and rules for reimbursing all travel, meal and hospitality expenses while undertaking business on behalf of the Organization.
This policy applies to:
- Claimants: Board members, appointees, committee and subcommittee members, advisory committee members, employees, and contract staff or external persons retained by the Organization that request the reimbursement of travel, meal and hospitality expenses that are eligible for and incurred on behalf of the Organization; and
- Approvers: Those with responsibility for approval of travel and expense reimbursement including the Board as a whole, the Board Chair, Board members, and the Chief Executive Officer, and those personnel with delegated approval authority.
- Legitimate authorized expenses incurred during the course of the Organization’s business shall be reimbursed.
- The Organization is accountable for the funds used to reimburse travel, meal and hospitality expenses. These expenses support the Organization’s business objectives, and must be prudent and responsible.
- The requirements for incurring and reimbursing travel, meal and hospitality expenses must be clear, easily understood, and available to the public. Plans for travel, meals, accommodation and hospitality are necessary and must be economical, with due regard for health and safety.
- Appropriate approvals must be obtained in writing before incurring expenses. If approval was not obtained, then a satisfactory written explanation must be provided.
- Written approval is required before travelling.
- Written approval of the Chief Executive Officer is required for hospitality events where alcohol will be served. If the event is being hosted by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board Chair must provide written approval.
- Expenses incurred by the Chair will be approved by the Secretary/Treasurer of the Board.
- Expenses cannot be self-approved.
- Original, itemized receipts must be submitted with all claims — credit card slips are not sufficient. If an itemized receipt is not available, a satisfactory written explanation must be submitted. Approval of expenses missing a receipt is at the discretion of the approver.
- Receipt is defined as an original document identifying the vendor with the date and amount of each expense item paid by the claimant.
- Other options for meetings should be considered before travel is approved, including audio or video conferences.
- Alcohol may not be claimed by an individual and will not be reimbursed as part of a travel or meal expense.
- Hospitality may be extended by the Organization to people who are not engaged in work for the Organization if it can facilitate the Organization’s core business and when it is considered desirable as a matter of courtesy or protocol. Food must always be served at hospitality events where alcohol is available, and the cost of any alcohol should not exceed the cost of the food.
- Social events for the Organization’s employees, such as luncheons, picnics, farewell functions and celebrations are not reimbursable. Food and beverages served at these events must be contributed by staff.
- Consultants and other contractors will not be reimbursed for any hospitality, incidental or food expenses. However, where the contract between the Organization and a consultant provides for reimbursement of reasonable expenses for travel by air, rail or car or for hotel accommodation, the Organization shall reimburse these expenses in accordance with this policy, provided that they are approved in advance.
- Claims must be submitted within 60 (sixty) days of the end of the month in which the expense was incurred. Failure to do so could result in disqualification for reimbursement.
- Overpayments are to be considered a debt owing to the Organization which must be reimbursed.
- Good record-keeping practices must be maintained for verification and audit purposes.
Eligible reimbursable expenses
The Organization will reimburse direct out-of-pocket expenses for business purposes. Expenses of a personal nature are not eligible for reimbursement.
Eligible expenses include but are not limited to:
- Use of privately owned vehicle for business purposes;
- Meals when travelling for business or business lunches/dinners;
- Food and/or refreshments for business meetings hosted by the Organization;
- Transportation and accommodation when travelling for business purposes; and
- Parking, taxi fare or public transportation when away from the workplace.
Non-eligible expenses include but are not limited to:
- Personal items, personal entertainment, personal care;
- Recreational items related to accommodation costs (mini-bar, video rental);
- Traffic, towing and parking violations;
- Travel costs for a regular commute between home and the Organization;
- Vehicle insurance on a privately-owned vehicle while on the Organization’s business;
- Expenses incurred on behalf of family or friends; and
- Expenses not directly tied to conducting business of the Organization.
Records must be maintained for verification and audit purposes. Expense claims must include original or scanned itemized receipts (credit card slips are not sufficient). In the absence of an itemized receipt, a written explanation of why the receipt is unavailable must be submitted and a description itemizing and confirming the expense must be provided.
Expenses for business meals require receipts and must adhere to the amounts allowed. The expense form is completed on a monthly basis and submitted to the approver for processing.
Identify the person or position employees can approach if they have questions.
Reference any other policies, documents, or legislation that support the interpretation of this policy.
Indicate the date the policy came into effect and the date of any revisions.
Indicate the date the policy is due to be reviewed. This will vary based upon the policy.
Indicate who approved the policy and the date of approval (for example, the board, the human resources policy committee, the executive director).
Visit our article on Drafting an HR Policy to learn more about developing HR policies.
Important: This document is an example of a policy for a small to medium-size nonprofit organization operating in Canada. While certain assumptions have been made in the creation of this policy, it is your responsibility to adapt, modify, and customize the document to suit the particular needs of your organization.
The content of this sample policy is provided for information purposes only. No legal liability or other responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of HR Intervals, Imagine Canada, or its partners for any errors, omissions, or statements made within this document. HR Intervals, Imagine Canada, and its partners accept no responsibility for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of reliance on such information. | 1,661 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662675072.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527174336-20220527204336-00426.warc.gz | 0.930345 |
2221b1e6-ab70-4f5c-838d-dc3c8351a3b5 | 2017-08-17T06:06:45+00:00 | 2006-02-27 | 0 | http://www.jta.org/2006/02/28/archive/ad-campaign-by-israel-group-aims-to-boost-ethiopian-israeli-image | TEL AVIV (Feb. 27)
The sound of lilting music grows louder as the camera zooms in on a face in shadow. In the corner of the television screen the person’s statistics are flashed: age 25, lawyer, represents Israel abroad. A light is then cast onto the face, revealing a young Ethiopian Israeli woman wearing a business suit. In accentless Hebrew she says with a hint of defiance: “You did not expect to see me, did you? There are many others like me.”
The same format is used to highlight other Ethiopian Israelis, including a soccer star, a deputy battalion commander in the army and one who recently earned a doctorate.
The ad is part of a campaign launched by the Israeli Ministry of Immigration Absorption and the Jewish Agency for Israel to boost the image of the country’s 100,000 Ethiopians. In the eyes of many Israelis, Ethiopian immigration to Israel has been a failure. Most encounter Ethiopians through the media, where they are depicted as unemployed, poor and plagued by family violence. The younger generation is seen as adrift and drawn increasingly to a life of crime.
The campaign aims to show the Israeli public young Ethiopians who have found success such as Maj. Shlomi Vicha, 27, a company commander in the Israeli army. In charge of three combat platoons, Vicha said he feels it is now his time to give back to the country that took him in as a young child who immigrated without his parents — and housed and educated him and his siblings.
“I have no doubt that the army is the best place for having an equal chance for success just like everyone else,” Vicha added. “Everyone is equal here and whoever wants to succeed will succeed.”
He has spent time speaking to Ethiopian youth. “I do what I can to contribute and explain to them about the army and how they can contribute,” he said. “It’s important that there are success stories so the public at large will see the other side and also so there can be models for the schoolchildren so they know that they too can succeed and go forward.”
The statistics, however, are discouraging. Research conducted by the Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews has found that among those who are employed, the majority work in blue-collar jobs and live below the poverty line, Ethiopian students drop out of high school at twice the rate of the general population and juvenile crime is rampant.
The aggressive advertising campaign, being promoted on television, radio, the Internet and in newspapers, is aimed at casting a positive light on the community by focusing on its success stories. It also marks the arrival of the first major arrival of Ethiopian Jews to Israel 30 years ago.
“We’ve decided we need to make an overture to the public, to include the public in their absorption,” said Jewish Agency spokesman Yarden Vatikay. He said that he hopes the campaign, entitled, “Thirty Years Since the Aliyah from Ethiopia — Success Depends on Us” will boost awareness about the community and draft Israeli volunteers to help integrate Ethiopians more completely into Israeli society.
Integration has been the major stumbling block for the community. The majority arrived penniless, unable to speak Hebrew — and complete foreigners not only to Israeli culture but to the modern, Western world. Most had been raised in an agricultural, subsistence economy and were not all prepared for life in Israel.
Unlike their highly educated Russian immigrant counterparts, the Ethiopians have struggled to integrate into competitive and aggressive spirit of Israeli culture and many are now dependent on government assistance.
A phone number is provided in the ads for a hotline that gives information on how Israelis can either “adopt” an Ethiopian family — sharing meals and holidays with them — tutor students or give an internship to a young Ethiopian.
Daniel Yosef, a 35-year-old architect, is among those in his generation of young Ethiopians who have found professional success. His siblings have as well: among them is a musician, a graphic artist and a fashion designer.
Yosef said he hopes the campaign accomplishes its goal of showing “the other side, the side of success within the community.” But he added that it what is most important to him is not to boost awareness among today’s Ethiopian youth that success is within reach.
“The campaign is one that has to be within our own society so we can raise our own self-image,” he said. “we need to provide a good example to the youth.”
Employment remains a problem. Only some 76 percent of the community is employed, compared with almost 90 percent of the general workforce. Meanwhile, thousands of Ethiopian Israelis who have graduated from college often cannot find work in their fields. Many Ethiopians with law degrees, for example, can be found working in communal organizations or even as security guards instead of in law firms. Only some 15 percent of those with law degrees actually work in law firms, according to Jewish Agency statistics.
An estimated 60 percent of Ethiopian Israelis who have academic degrees end up taking working class jobs when they cannot find work in their professions, research has found.
“The campaign is not the solution to the problem, but part of the process. We want people to ask themselves whether they display racism, and whether they give equal opportunity to people at job interviews, or are they influenced by stereotypes,” said Immigration Absorption Minister Tzipi Livni told the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot.
Despite the initial jubilation in the country during the airlifts of Operation Moses in 1984-85 and Operation Solomon in 1991, racism and discrimination persist. In September, an Israeli mayor tried to bar Ethiopian students from attending an elementary school in his town.
Avraham Neguise, an Ethiopian rights activist running for Knesset in a new party aimed at Ethiopian voters, said the ad campaign should show not only the success stories, but also the challenges that face the community.
“It seems like this is taking a few individuals who really did good work and succeeded which is good. However it looks like it is hiding the real problems,” he said.
Vicha, the army major, thinks the situation for Ethiopians will improve when the younger Ethiopians feel less stuck between cultures and embrace what is good in both Israeli society and their heritage.
“We need to take from both,” Vicha said. | 1,353 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886102967.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817053725-20170817073725-00240.warc.gz | 0.973357 |
0aedb257-9c84-4d4d-ad25-5e6fe8fc7632 | 2015-03-29T22:23:55+00:00 | 2014-01-16 | 1 | https://mexicoinstitute.wordpress.com/tag/junk-food/ | January 16, 2014
The Guardian, 01/16/2014
A groundbreaking tax on sugar-sweetened beverages recently passed in Mexico could provide the evidence needed to justify similar laws across low- and middle-income countries and cities in the US, experts believe.
Campaigners and public health experts are watching closely to see what impact Mexico’s tax has on consumption. Mexico, where 32.8% of the population is obese, is now the country with the biggest weight problem in the world, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation, overtaking the United States. The impact on health has been serious – 14% of the population has diabetes. Rates of high blood pressure, which can lead to stroke and heart attacks, are also high.
November 1, 2013
The New York Times, 11/1/2013
Aiming to curb unhealthy consumption habits, Mexico’s Congress on Thursday approved new taxes on sugary drinks and junk food. Lawmakers approved a tax of one peso per liter, or about 8 cents, on soft drinks and an 8 percent sales tax on high-calorie foods, including potato chips, sweets and cereal. President Enrique Peña Nieto is expected to sign the taxes into law in January.
April 26, 2013
Al Jazeera, 4/26/13
Mexicans have always loved to eat and drink, but rapidly changing dietary habits have created a nation in danger of eating themselves to death. Mexican schoolchildren are now some of the fattest in the world, with one in three classified as overweight or obese – a 27 percent rise in 12 years, according to the latest National Survey of Health and Nutrition. Their parents also score high on global ranking tables – weighing in second behind only the United States.
Among adults, a staggering 73 percent of women are overweight or obese; men are only marginally thinner, with 69 percent “abnormally” sized. The National Survey reveals what is obvious to even an untrained eye: people of a “normal” or healthy weight are becoming a rare breed in this food-obsessed country. Mexico’s biggest killers are now cardiovascular diseases – including heart failure, myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) and strokes – and diabetes. Together these accounted for 150,000 deaths in 2012, according to World Health Organisation figures.
February 19, 2013
Diabetes is the number one killer in Mexico, the chronic health condition a direct result of the obesity issue the country also struggles with. In fact, approximately two-thirds of the total nation’s population are classified as overweight or obese, reports Mexican news syndicate Aljazeera, with most of the issue stemming from lifestyle and eating habits.
The obesity epidemic in Mexico has been ongoing for almost a decade; in 2007, the nation’s health secretary, Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, estimated the incidence of diabetes would rise by approximately 40 percent by 2012, killing as many as 100,000 Mexicans annually. His numbers were not far off, with diabetes claiming the lives of approximately 70,000 Mexicans a year, according to a 2012 report from McClatchy. | 644 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131298755.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172138-00174-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.947305 |
2c16ee88-d067-433c-a160-0623a93056eb | 2020-10-20T02:50:56+00:00 | 2020-06-18 | 1 | https://www.journaltranscript.com/2020/06/simon-property-group-nysespg-sues-gap-inc-nysegps-over-unpaid-rent-for-shuttered-stores/ | Mall owner Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) is suing its Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS), whose largest non-anchor tenant is failing to pay rent for its stores that it temporarily shutters of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simon Property seeks $66 million in unpaid rent
In a lawsuit filed early this week, Simon Property indicated that Gap has withheld rent of three months, amounting to around $66 million for the temporarily closed stores. The mall operator temporarily shuttered its properties in March following the operations’ closure by retail anchors such as Gap, Nordstrom, and Macy’s.
The landlord now seeks rent for April, May, and June, which Gap has withheld. According to the lawsuit, Simon Property also wants Gap to pay attorney fees and other charges. Part of the suit indicates that Gap is required to pay rent due under leases on time, as that has not been excused.
Gap has not commented on the suit but indicated that it is committed to working with landlords to arrive at agreeable terms regarding paying of rent. The company’s communications manager Mark Daniel Synder acknowledged the profound effect that the coronavirus pandemic has had on the retailer and its customers. The clothing retailer operates over 390 retail locations at Simon Property’s malls, which include namesake brands Banana Republic and Old Navy.
Gap anticipated issues with landlords
In a Q1 earnings call last, the company spoke about landlords indicating that it was knee-deep with them. However, there was no mention of Simon Property. Gap CFO Katrina O’Connell indicated that they were not sure how long it could take, but they are committed to taking the opportunity to partner with landlords to enhance the company’s profitability.
In April, the company said that it stopped paying rent for the closed stores due to inadequate cash flow. At the time, the retailer indicated that it was seeking to renegotiate its leases over the same. However, Gap is not alone as other retailers such as Foot Locker have also indicated that they will not pay rent for shuttered stores due to COVID-19. | 436 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107869785.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20201020021700-20201020051700-00131.warc.gz | 0.979994 |
68f6abf3-a196-4cb8-8b86-81b053462ebb | 2018-08-14T09:16:18+00:00 | 2017-02-15 | 1 | https://baumgartnerlawyers.com/blog/will-dot-regulate-self-driving-trucks/ | How Will The DOT Regulate Self Driving Trucks?
Written by greg on February 15, 2017
Technology is impacting almost every industry and is certain to make a big impact if not disrupt the trucking industry. Trucking companies and professional truck drivers are subject to regulations under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to protect both the drivers and the motoring public.
Some of the regulations that truck drivers and trucking companies must follow include such things as:
* Hours of service – or the number of hours a truck driver can safely work.
* Adverse weather operation – when a big truck must be slowed down or pulled off the road due to adverse conditions.
* Truck driver qualifications – or rules to become a professional driver.
Each of these areas are likely to be impacted with the coming of a self-driving 18 wheelers.
There are several companies that are helping the US Department of Transportation research appropriate regulations for autonomous trucking. One of those organizations is the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.
The main cause of an 18 wheeler wreck is driver error. Using technology to limit driver error whether it is digital safety compliance, automatic braking or sensors for blind spots, there is no doubt that technology can help prevent accidents from occurring.
Additionally, the concept of caravanning multiple big rigs with one driver in the lead vehicle would serve to reduce substantially overhead costs to the trucking company as it is estimated that the driver’s wages are one third of the overhead of an operation of a big truck.
Many companies from Google, Amazon, Intel and others are testing ways to use technology to efficiently deliver people and goods. Uber has been very disruptive to the taxicab industry by building a better mousetrap which is easily utilized by the public. The concept for Lift and Uber could easily be applied to the trucking industry to further reduce costs of booking freight.
Companies have already tested driverless semi-trucks in the United States and with the ongoing public and private testing of autonomous vehicles, the technology will be utilized sooner rather than later.
How the DOT chooses to regulate self-driving trucks to protect the motoring public remains to be seen. It is encouraging that testing has already been undertaken by the DOT and they have recently created an advisory committee on automation in transportation. | 469 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221208750.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180814081835-20180814101835-00451.warc.gz | 0.961265 |
855a8a27-732e-4fce-8b03-63d62be81413 | 2017-08-24T08:47:29+00:00 | 2016-02-03 | 0 | https://emmalee1.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/over-land-over-sea-poems-for-those-seeking-refuge-an-update/ | I recently joked that “Over Land Over Sea poems for those seeking refuge” was taking over my life (in a good way). Since the publication day launch on 1 December 2015, there’s been:
- A second launch event in Leicester during the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (7 December 2015)
- A Nottingham launch at Five Leaves Bookshop in January 2016 where it was confirmed the anthology is on target to raise at least £3000.
- Radio interview with Dulcie Dixon of BBC Radio Leicester
- Invitation to Shindig on 18 January where Jane Commane of Nine Arches Press kindly donated three bundles of Nine Arches’ books to raffle on the night. The proceeds of the raffle were donated to “Over Land Over Sea”.
- Along with raising funds, “Over Land Over Sea” is doing a crucial job in raising awareness, with recent articles in the Morning Star and a feature at the Platforma website.
- 25 February 2016 8pm Attenborough Arts (Leicester University, Lancaster Road, Leicester) organised by the Leicester Migration Network which will feature readings from the anthology.
- 12 March 2016 States of Independence, book fair organised by Five Leaves held at De Montfort University. The book fair takes place from 10 am to 4 pm and entry is free.
- 1 August 2016 Poetry Cafe (22 Betterton Street London WC2H 9BX) from 7.30pm joint event with Exiled Writers Ink.
- There are also plans for events during the summer in Leicester.
It has been amazing seeing this idea grow from a crowdfunding project to reading through all the submitted poems and having several opportunities to hear some of the contributors read their poems. “Over Land Over Sea poems for those seeking refuge” is available from Five Leaves and proceeds will go to the registered charities Medecins Sans Frontieres, Leicester City of Sanctuary and Nottingham Refugee Forum. | 402 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886133447.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824082227-20170824102227-00456.warc.gz | 0.949419 |
154edd4d-dad5-4991-94bc-7df58a3b749c | 2017-08-17T21:31:28+00:00 | 2013-04-30 | 0 | http://www.brewtastic.com/events/founders-inspired-artist-black-ipa-benefits-worlds-biggest-art-competition | I’ll be honest. While this is a very worthy cause, I mostly wanted to blog about this totally awesome label. It’s one of the most interesting labels I’ve seen in some time. The Full Pint has The Full Story.
In April 2013 the two organizations inked a deal that made Founders the official brewery of ArtPrize for the next five years. The premier leadership sponsorship deal included offering Founders beer at all official ArtPrize events, signage, promotion, merchandise, specialized glassware and other items. It also included permission for Founders to use the ArtPrize identity marks (logo and graphics) on any co-packaged items, including beer. Founders expects to release a new beer for each year of its five-year partnership with ArtPrize.
It doesn’t hurt that it’s a black IPA. Even if it’s last year’s trend, I can’t get enough of this style and hope it lands a permanent fixture in a few brand lineups. | 216 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104160.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817210535-20170817230535-00491.warc.gz | 0.951559 |
d1e62569-8c01-46a8-90dc-ee46d94f4e22 | 2015-03-28T05:10:37+00:00 | 2012-02-16 | 0 | http://www.investortoday.co.uk/news_features/financial-pinch-sees-record-number-of-homeowners-taking-in-lodgers | Financial pinch sees record number of homeowners taking in lodgers
Thursday 16th February 2012
January 2012 saw the highest ever number of homeowners renting out rooms, swelling the UK’s lodger population to record levels, according to figures compiled by flat and house share website, Spareroom.co.uk.
The website saw a massive spike in lodger numbers in early January, with almost 6,000 new homeowners renting out spare rooms by the end of the month. New lodger numbers in January were also up 83% on December 2011 and 22% higher than January 2010.
Consequently, January was a record month for new lodger numbers, up 15% on the previous record month, which was August 2011.
With households struggling to keep on top of their mortgage payments, utility bills and accumulating personal debts, renting out a spare room on a short or longer term basis has proved an easy way for homeowners to earn some extra tax-free income.
Thanks to the government’s Rent a Room scheme, homeowners can receive up to £4,250 a year tax-free (£2,125 if letting jointly) by letting furnished rooms in their home.
The UK’s lodger population has exploded in the past five years, and 2011 saw a record number of new homeowners taking in lodgers, up 14% on 2010, and more than double (120%) new lodger numbers in 2007.
“It’s not surprising that the lodger population is expanding so rapidly, as homeowners look for ways to boost their incomes,” said Matt Hutchinson, director, Spareroom.co.uk.
“For some people the monthly income from a lodger will be the difference between losing their home and keeping it.”
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d2363841-0c35-4d5f-81f4-4865c6f28745 | 2018-08-19T22:47:05+00:00 | 2018-08-19 | 0 | http://metroeve.com/stretch-pregnancy-safely/ | Stretch During Pregnancy and How to Do It Safely
Why you ought to Stretch Throughout Pregnancy and just how to get it done Securely
Whenever you think about an average pregnancy workout program, stretching and starting to warm up are often forgotten. But they’re essential for just about any effective and safe workout.
Apart fromjust feel good, stretching keeps your pregnant body healthy in many ways:
1. Prevents injuries by tugging the body lightly back to balance.
2. Increases circulation – more bloodstream flow towards the muscles means a more healthy muscle.
3. Provides you with more energy! Together with greater bloodstream flow comes more oxygen which will keep us from feeling sleepy throughout your day.
4. Helps reduce the pains and aches of being pregnant by helping to loosen the tight muscles that create mid back discomfort, head aches along with other common complaints.
5. Improves your exercise routine by growing your flexibility.
6. Enhances your posture which will help you feel and look better as the body is constantly on the change.
Bear in mind that being gumby isn’t the goal – being too flexible could be just like harmful as not flexible enough. So, you need to stretch only individuals muscles which are tight and also to mix your stretching with a decent pregnancy weight training program.
Top Strategies for Stretching Success
Stretching is important to the pregnancy workout program. But, many people don’t understand How you can stretch.
Just going through the motions could be more harmful these days than doing the work in any way. Follow these ten ideas to complete your exercise routine.
1. Warm-up with 5-8 minutes of cardio exercise – that’s, a task like jogging, biking or walking which get your heartbeat up as well as your bloodstream moving. Then start your stretching routine.
2. Stretch only individuals muscles which are tight.
3. Don’t stretch muscles which are already loose – if you do not ” the stretch”, you might not have to do it.
4. Avoid over-stretching. Throughout pregnancy your joints are specifically loose and vulnerable to injuries.
5. Stretching shouldn’t hurt. Stretching a good muscle should feel great, back away if there’s any discomfort.
6. Hold stretches for 25-thirty seconds each.
7. Never bounce when you stretch.
8. Stay relaxed and relax breath to assist lengthen parts of your muscles.
9. Don’t lock your joints, keep joints slightly bent to reduce anxiety in it.
10. Stretch after your training session too, to assist the body awesome lower and stop injuries.
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4231f789-c428-4174-8574-5803944f5b41 | 2013-05-23T04:29:30+00:00 | 2013-01-16 | 1 | http://www.wtop.com/139/3195853/Local-Lawmakers-Introduce-Gun-Control-Bills?nid=1229 | Two state lawmakers who represent parts of Arlington have proposed a gun safety legislation package in the Virginia General Assembly.
State Sen. Adam Ebbin and Del. Patrick Hope, both Democrats, introduced bills that would close the so-called “gun show loophole,” require universal background checks on gun purchases, require gun owners to report stolen firearms, and restrict weapon sales to the mentally ill. To drive home the point, the lawmakers recorded two videos (above and below, after the jump) showing them buying a handgun without a background check and buying a high-capacity magazine at a recent gun show in Chantilly, Va.
The legislation was introduced Wednesday, a day before President Obama proposed legislation to require universal background checks, ban high capacity magazines, and ban assault-style weapons.
The gun control bills face an uphill battle in the Republican-controled state legislature; Hope and Ebbin called on Virginia residents to contact their legislators in support of the legislation.
From a press release:
Virginia State Senator Adam P. Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and Delegate Patrick A. Hope (D-Arlington) have introduced a package of gun safety legislation to require universal background checks on prospective firearms purchasers (SB 1232 / HB 2025), close the gun show loophole, and tighten restrictions on the sale of weapons to the mentally ill (SB 1109 / HB 2221).
SB 1109 and HB 2221 would make it a Class 6 felony to sell firearms to persons found mentally incapacitated or who have been involuntarily admitted.
Ebbin also introduced legislation to require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms (SB 965) and to outlaw firearms in legislative buildings (SB 1012).
“We easily purchased a handgun at a Virginia gun show, without undergoing a background check. Sadly, nearly 40% of all gun sales are conducted without a background check. In the interest of community safety, it’s not too much to ask for responsible gun purchasers to undergo a background check to screen for criminal history or history of serious mental illness,” the two wrote in a joint statement.
The lawmakers discussed their visit to a gun show in a January 15th news conference at the Virginia Capitol. Hope showed the High Standard Sentinel Revolver he bought for $175; because he purchased the gun from a private dealer, he did not have to undergo a background check to screen for a criminal record. “Today, a felon with a violent past can walk into a gun show or go on the Internet and buy any gun with no questions asked,” Hope said. “A law we could pass today, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales, would have an almost immediate impact on gun safety. No responsible gun owner is afraid of a background check.”
Displaying a 30-round ammunition magazine he purchased for $20, Ebbin said, “Buying a 30-round magazine should not be as easy as buying a candy bar.” He noted that a 30-round magazine was used in the recent Newtown, Connecticut tragedy that left 26 dead.
Citing the need to pass SB 965, Ebbin said, “When a gun is stolen, a deadly weapon is in criminal hands—a combination we all want to avoid. Reporting lost or stolen guns can help police avert a tragedy.”
Hope and Ebbin called on Virginians to contact their legislators in support of the gun safety legislation.
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e02ff732-bfa1-4c6c-9db7-114ab118364a | 2015-03-31T09:43:43+00:00 | 2012-04-15 | 1 | http://fjponline.com/article.php?id=745 | The success of Islamist parties in countries in transition is causing a lot of angst, both among secularists in the region and observers in the West. The questions raised tend to be stark, demanding absolute answers. Is there such a thing as a moderate Islamist party, or do they all aim at eventually setting up a full-fledged Islamic state? Do they accept the values of democracy, rather than simply the electoral process, as a means of gaining power? Would they surrender power if they ever gained control of the government? Would they uphold personal rights or attempt to mold society after their own values?
There are no absolute answers, as ongoing research on the transitions and a recent encounter in Washington between Carnegie scholars and representatives of Islamist parties from Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco suggest. (Parties from Libya and Jordan were also represented in the meeting, but their stances will not be discussed here—they are not in a position of power, and the problems they confront are still quite different).
These largely moderate Islamist parties seem to be evolving rapidly as they learn to navigate through the difficult politics and the uncertain democratic processes of their countries. They are truly works in progress, and their evolution will likely be affected the way secular parties and to a lesser extent the international community react to them.
Islamist parties appear to be truly national. There does not seem to be an overarching “Islamist International” to which they all belong, and they do not even seem to be in limited contact with each other. At the conference in particular, we felt that we knew more about them than they know about each other.
The Islamist parties that participated in the encounter—the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in Egypt, Ennahda in Tunisia, and the Party for Justice and Development (PJD) in Morocco—have common ideological roots in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, founded by Hassan al-Banna in 1928. The ideas propagated by the Muslim Brotherhood spread quickly to other countries in the Middle East, and organizations inspired by it arose throughout North Africa and the Levant. Despite the spread of the ideology, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood remained a national organization, deeply involved in domestic proselytizing and charitable activities, and in periodic clashes with successive regimes.
Muslim Brotherhood–inspired organizations in other countries always had a similar domestic focus. It is only among the more radical, violent groups that international networks developed, for example to recruit volunteers for jihad in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Conference discussions showed that this domestic focus is still very evident today. Though Islamist parties in Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco—which are now in the government or at least in parliament—face similar policy issues, there is no indication that they are consulting with each other on how to address them, or that they are particularly interested in finding out what other parties are doing. Each party is wrapped up in the domestic problems and the specific political dynamics of its own country.
The issue of sharia illustrates the point. Whether or how the constitution should mention sharia is the hottest ideological issue that Arab countries in transition face. It looms large in the relationship between Islamists and secular parties and is a major cause of anxiety among the secularists. Each of the three parties has different solutions, very much rooted in the politics of its country.
In Morocco, where the new constitution was written by a commission appointed by the king, the PJD did not lobby for the inclusion of sharia in the text. Instead it accepted the definition of Morocco as a Muslim state and Islam as the religion of the state as good enough—though some PJD officials claim that they would have preferred language defining Morocco as a “civil state with an Islamic reference.” They supported freedom for other religions as well. Ennahda also decided to forego any mention of sharia, settling instead for the neutral language of the 1956 constitution that simply states that “Islam is [Tunisia’s] religion.”
In Egypt, however, where the constitution has not yet been written, sharia will certainly be prominently mentioned as a source of legislation. The simple reason is that all major parties and all presidential candidates support the idea explicitly in their platforms.
Islamist parties, with the partial exception of the Moroccan PJD, still show signs of their previous isolation, both within their own countries and internationally. Government repression and the policies of the United States and European countries forced them to stay in their own bubbles. Not all Islamist leaders at this point are familiar and comfortable with the world outside the bubble.
Domestically, Islamist movements and political parties have experienced long periods of repression, with many of their leaders exiled or imprisoned repeatedly or for long periods. For example, in Egypt, Khairat al-Shater, deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, was imprisoned for a total of more than twelve years between 1992 and 2011, while FJP vice chairman Essam el-Erian spent the equivalent of eight years in jail between 1981 and 2010. In Tunisia, the current prime minister, Hamadi Jebali, spent a total of sixteen years in jail after 1990, ten of them in solitary confinement. Ennahda Chairman Rached Ghannouchi was imprisoned in 1981 and again in 1987 for a total of four years, spending another twenty-two years in exile.
The exception to this history of repression and isolation is the PJD in Morocco, which was allowed by the king to become an officially registered political party in 1992 and has operated legally and openly since then, gaining exposure to the rest of Moroccan society and the world. But the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood was never granted official recognition nor was it allowed to form a political party until after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. While it found ways to participate in elections through deals with other political parties or through independent candidates, it could not function as a normal political organization. In Tunisia, Ennahda, then called the Islamic Tendency Movement, sought recognition as a political party in 1981 but was rejected, and in response to its growing popularity, many of its leaders were exiled or imprisoned. The organization only started functioning normally after the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, becoming a legally registered party in March 2011.
The forced isolation imposed on Islamist parties in the past makes it difficult to interpret whether some of the positions that most upset secularists in these countries and outsiders are truly radical statements, to be taken literally, or the result of naïveté about how certain statements resonate outside the confines of the Islamist community. Examples abound: Prime Minister Jebali, apparently in an attempt to reassure his audience that Tunisia would move toward a bright future, talked about the coming of the sixth caliphate, leading many to question Ennahda’s moderation and its commitment to the Tunisian state. And some officials in both the Muslim Brotherhood and in Ennahda suggested at one point that tourists would have to abide by stricter rules about attire and alcohol consumption, only to beat a hasty retreat after tourist operators set them straight about the realities of the industry.
It is in the interest of the international community as well as of secularists in Arab countries to do everything possible to pierce the bubble that still surrounds part of the Islamist leadership. Islamists need to be integrated as much as possible in all domestic and international fora to understand what is acceptable or not acceptable elsewhere. The point is not to teach Islamists to hide their true opinions, but to help them to confront the choices they face and the reality of functioning as political parties in the real world. They may well choose to challenge dominant ideas deliberately and as a matter of principle, but this process of engagement will at least provide greater clarity about their choices.
Islamist parties are different from each other, but doctrinal differences are not the most important factors setting them apart from each other. Rather, what shapes these parties are the conditions in which they operate: the support they have, the reaction of secular political parties to them, and whether they have government responsibilities.
Ideologically, the three parties are similar. They have rejected explicitly the idea of using force to gain power and are now committed to political participation. A corollary of political participation is the acceptance of pluralism and of the democratic process—though critics contend that such acceptance is purely opportunistic and that Islamists will renege on pluralism and democracy once in power. Another corollary, as pointed out earlier, is that they have accepted the reality of the division of the Muslim world into nation-states and that they have become national parties.
Politically, however, there are differences, particularly concerning the relationship between a given political party and the religious organization that spawned it. In Morocco, the PJD is quite separate from the religious organization Harakat al-Tawhid wal Islah and has been for many years. Indeed, the party is doing its best to be a normal political organization.
Ennahda has distant roots in a religious and cultural movement, Jama’a al-Islamiyya, but by 1981 it was trying to form, unsuccessfully, a political party, the Islamic Tendency Movement, which was later renamed Ennahda. The organization suffered a serious blow after it tried to field candidates as independents in the 1989 election and government repression intensified. Ennahda revived very quickly after Ben Ali’s deposition, still as a political force.
The situation in Egypt is the opposite. The Muslim Brotherhood as a religious movement long predates the Freedom and Justice Party, which was only formed in March 2011 and has not yet acquired an identity separate from the religious organization.
There are even starker differences among Islamist parties concerning their focus on policy issues. Both the PJD and Ennahda are governing their countries, although in coalition with other parties. The PJD is focused on how to translate the principles contained in the new constitution into policies—and how to maintain its political support in doing so. Ennahda is focused on getting the constitution approved and devising an economic policy to address pressing problems of poverty and unemployment. Their concerns are immediate and practical.
By contrast, the Muslim Brotherhood and the FJP have not really begun to focus on policy issues, reflecting the political situation in Egypt, where the fundamental issue of the allocation of power among the military, an Islamist-dominated parliament, and a soon-to-be-elected president is still unresolved.
Islamist parties face mobilized populations in their own countries and need to take the views of the public into consideration. The possibility that Islamist parties will simply cancel elections in the future to perpetuate their position appears unfounded, the result of fear rather than a realistic possibility.
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- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes
- 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 1 ½ cups Bellwether Farms Carmody, grated
- 8-12 tablespoons ice water
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
For the crust:
- 6 large or 8 small/medium tart apples; we like the Pink Lady variety for pies
- 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾-1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Ccombine the flour, salt and butter in a large bowl and rub in the butter with your fingers until the mixture resembles a coarse meal with some pea-sized pieces of butter intact. Break the shortening into pieces and rub it into the flour mixture until it is incorporated. Add the Carmody and toss it until the mixture is uniform. Drizzle 8 tablespoons of water the water around the flour mixture and mix lightly with your hands until the dough will hold together when pressed. If the dough remains crumbly, add more water a tablespoon at a time until it holds together. Divide the dough into two pieces and press each piece into a ball. Wrap the dough balls in plastic and press them into disks, smoothing any cracks with your fingers. Refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes, or until it is firm enough to roll.
For the filling:
Peel, core and cut the apples into ¼-inch thick slices. Place the apples in a large bowl and add the lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar to taste, cornstarch and kosher salt. Stir until the apples are uniformly coated with starch, lemon juice and seasonings and allow the apple mixture to sit until the apples have given off their juices, about 10-15 minutes. Strain the juices into a small saucepan and cook on medium-high heat, stirring with a whisk, until the mixture has thickened. With a rubber spatula, scrape the thickened apple juice back into the bowl with the apple mixture and stir to combine thoroughly.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Whisk together the egg and 1 tablespoon water and set aside. On a floured surface, roll one of the dough disks out to a circle about 1 inch larger than the 9-inch pie pan. To check the size, place the pie pan upside down in the center of the dough circle; the dough should extend about an inch past the edge of the upturned pan. Place the dough circle into the pie pan and brush the edge with the egg mixture. Reserve the egg mixture for the top of the pie. Place the apple mixture into the pan and even it out. Roll the second dough disk to the same size and place it atop the apple filling. Press the top crust onto the bottom where it was brushed with egg to seal it. Trim the edges of the dough if necessary with a kitchen scissors so the dough extends no more than an inch past the edge of the pan. Roll the dough ends under to form a smooth edge, then flute the edge with your fingers, making sure the edge of the dough is supported by the pan and doesn’t go past the pan’s edge. Cut 3 or 4 vent holes in the top crust with the scissors or a sharp paring knife. Bake the pie for 35 minutes on the lowest oven shelf (if you have an electric oven you might want to go up a shelf to avoid burning the bottom). Remove the pie from the oven and brush the top crust all over with the egg mixture and sprinkle the crust with sugar as desired. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees and continue baking for 15 minutes more, until the apple filling is bubbly and crust is deep golden brown. Allow the pie to cool at least one hour before serving. | 811 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00014-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.898764 |
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In the last six months, we've been to four more countries than we were originally planning on, because we discovered this incredible travel hack--stopovers! Technically stopovers are a stop on the way to your final destination or long layovers. So, instead of sitting in those awful airport seats being tempted by $10 McDonald's fries, you can turn that four hour layover into a day or two stopover. Then just hop off the plane and run out of the airport and into the city.
We are always searching for the cheapest deal when we are looking at flights, so not only does this normally mean we'll have a longer flight time, but it also means there's always a layover. By taking advantage of these layovers, not only have we doubled the number of places we have visited, but we have also gotten to explore new cities and countries without having to pay for another flight there. Sure, it would have been nice to spend more than a day in Copenhagen, but it wasn't on our list of "must-see" places and we probably wouldn't have made it there anytime soon if it hadn't been for our layover. And oh my, we are so glad we went, because it is now one of our absolute favorite European cities.
Use the "Multi-city" Feature
It takes a little more time and a lot of flight digging, but our number one rule for finding stopovers is to never limit yourself to searching for round trip flights. Use the "multi-city" search option on Google Flights, or Kayak to create your own stopover. And the best part is, more often than not it will even end up giving you a cheaper fare.
For example, on our way to Tanzania, we noticed that most all of our options had a layover in Amsterdam or Paris both on the way there and on the way back. So, instead of searching for a round trip flight to Tanzania leaving on say the 16th and coming back on say the 27th, we used the multi-city flight option to leave on the 16th to Amsterdam, then leave Amsterdam on the 18th, and then on our way back, leave Tanzania on the 27th to Paris and then leave Paris on the 29th back home. Using this search option, the price was almost $500 cheaper than if we'd tried to book direct flights that included layovers anyway.
By using this strategy, we were able to explore both Amsterdam and Paris without having to a pay a single penny for individual flights to either of those cities.
Give the airlines a call
Put on your nice voice and call the airlines directly. If you tell them what you're looking for or say that you want to add a stopover into your flight plan, they will likely be able to help you. And if they can't do it for free, they can usually find a way to make the stopover cost minimal, like $100 or less.
Also, check directly with the airline's website, because some airlines are actually using this stopover strategy as a selling point. For example, WOW Air includes stopovers in Reykjavik, Iceland for travelers going between the US and Europe. This way, you get to spend your a day at the Blue Lagoon or chasing Iceland's insanely beautiful waterfalls on your way to exploring Europe. And Emirates encourages stopovers in Dubai. They offer hotel stays, transfers to and from the airport, excursions, and a handful of other amenities to make your stopover a breeze.
Take Advantage of Airlines' Hub Cities
A good rule of thumb for figuring out where you can stop for cheap is to find out where the hubs of each airline are. For example, we flew Norwegian Air to Portugal, and one of their hub cities is Copenhagen--hence, our day trip in Copenhagen. If you want to take a pit stop in Amsterdam, fly KLM, or if you want to go to Paris, search for flights on Air France. If you're interested in going to Zurich then fly Swiss Air, and if Cappadocia and Istanbul are on your list (and they definitely should be), make a stop on your way to another destination by flying Turkish Air. Even Air Tahiti Nui schedules stopovers in Tahiti, so if you can find any reason to fly them and spend a day or two in Tahiti, then do we even really need to tell you to do it?
Even if you only have a 5-6 hour layover, it can still be worth it to get out of the airport and explore a bit. A lot of airports have straightforward public transportation options into the city. And taking 3 or 4 hours to explore and eat an authentic meal is a million times better than sitting around and staring at your phone in the airport.
So, every time you book a flight, make sure to schedule a stopover, because basically, you will get two vacations for the price of one (which saves a lot of $$$). And more often than not, these cities are places you can explore in about a day or two anyways.
The best part is, when you're sad because it's time to leave your stopover city, you get to hop on another plane and go to your original destination! So you're literally never disappointed. It's like a dream come true!
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I'm sorry you feel that way Shine, you have some good paint advice to give and it would be a loss if you leave the site.
At the same time, I think that we all need to be ready for a challenge, so that our information will be the best that we can give. With the price of products today, I for one do not want to be responsible for someone making a mistake.
JFTR, I have been using phosphoric for 25 years, but I wasn't familiar with the data sheets on these two, so the links that I posted were the MSDS sheets, its just to show where the info came from , and make it easy for anyone who wants it. Because if you are going to play with fire, then you need to know how to control it. Its not rocket science but it is chemistry, and not being a chemist, I need to be able to find accurate information.
If it turns out that we don't see you anymore, then thank you for the info on Chemical Guys, I may to try it. Be well, Shine.
|04-23-2014 07:48 AM|
this is the last time i'm going to post on this site. but here is my " opinion "
new guys come here for advice. it's the paint and body section. their hope is to get some help from experienced paint and body tradesmen .
but what they get is confused by all the google experts and wannabe's trying to make rocket science out of cleaning metal . or my favorite , use battery acid on it . the best advice i could give them is to see how far away from this place they could get. i've seen more bad advice than good here lately. i did not come here 10 years ago to win a popularity contest i came here to interact with tradesmen . but i have watched them leave one by one . there is a point where it is just a waste of time . i'll argue with a tradesman all day long because at the end of the day one of us is going to learn something . but arguing with paint salesmen or google experts gets me nothing .
i truly hope these new guys ignore this entire thread .
|04-23-2014 07:31 AM|
OK, here is my opinion, and it is just that----an "opinion"
The label does say 75%.
But it goes back to what I was talking about before, you can not trust labels.
If you look at the data sheet (MSDS), it says that information is not available.
"CHEMICAL IN PRODUCT:N/A; CAS#: N/A; WEIGHT % OF CHEM: N/A"
As I have said before, I'm not a chemist, so correct me if I'm wrong.
When I look at the MSDS for Ospho it's a different story.
In bold letters, it says PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION (75%)
It makes me wonder if that is the reason for the low cost of Milkstone. They don't have the expense of the rust inhibitors, or have to worry about paint adhesion, so maybe they can get away with a weaker phosphoric solution to start their formula with.
The only other ingredients they list are cleaners for the milkstone, and liquid (containing phosphoric acid), so its possible that they could end up with a 42.25% phosphoric even though the original phosphoric solution is less than 75%. I think they probably just get a solution to suit their needs, whatever makes it come out to final solution percentages they want.
You can't really call this a "snake oil product" because they don't make any claims about rust removal, its all about cleaning milkstone as the name implies. So I would suggest a product formulated for rust removal.
Here is another reason for reading the data sheet
AVOID CONTACT WITH STRONG ALKALIES. (WILL PRODUCE VIOLENT ACID/BASE NEUTRALIZATION REACTION)
So don't try to neutralize phosphoric acid. All the data sheets seem to say the same thing about taking the acid off, JUST RINSE IT OFF WHILE IT IS STILL WET. I rewet it with acid before rinsing, to make sure some of it hasn't started to dry. In that state is still looks wet, but will be a little sticky, and thats not good for a complete rinse. Actually, I use a scotch brite pad wet with acid to scrub it just before rinsing, and that does a pretty good job of getting rid of it.
|04-22-2014 06:40 PM|
Yep I saw that when I went back and looked again. A bunch ado about nothing.
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|04-22-2014 06:35 PM|
They do state a 75% solution on the label:
|04-22-2014 11:19 AM|
The milkstone is obviously working for Shine, or he wouldn't be using it. Milkstone active ingredient= phosphoric acid.
Ospho active ingredient=phosphoric acid.
Phosphoric acid is phosphoric acid.
The ensuing chemical reaction doesn't care what color bottle it comes in, or what the label says.
|04-22-2014 07:18 AM|
Shine, please don't take this as a personal attack, I'm just expressing my opinion on the product, and I probably could have thought more about my approach. I guess its just not as easy to be polite and respectful with the pen as it is in person. Life is too short to be making other people miserable, and that was not my intention.
But this is a discussion forum where a lot of people come to get information. I don't think anyone knows it all, and I sure have my fair share of failed attempts at doing this or that, so if you guys disagree with any of my posts, I hope you point it out so others can be spared. And I will not take it to be an attack on me personally, and that is certainly not what I intended to do to you either Shine.
|04-22-2014 06:38 AM|
|04-22-2014 02:47 AM|
Shine it's not so much the percentage of phosphoric that bothers me about milkstone, its the lack of directions for use on carbon steel. The milk containers are stainless steel, so the mixture of milkstone (as the name implies) is targeted for cleaning the milk residue on stainless steel.
I even had to look up the meaning of milkstone in the encylopedia,
"milk‐stone Deposit of calcium and magnesium phosphates, protein, etc., produced when milk is heated to temperatures above 60 °C."
So that is the only thing the milkstone product mixture is designed to clean as far as I can tell, because they don't mention anything else. Ospho and some other rust removal products are designed for automotive work in removing rust, paint adhesion, and inhibiting the return of rust. And another thing that I mentioned earlier is the different versions of milkstone cleaners.
|04-21-2014 06:27 PM|
Don't keep it to yourself Shine, just PM me and we can share the info. I don't know enough about chemistry to care what the label says, as long as it works and does what I need it too do. If not for you and a few other people sharing information, I would still be using PPG products and 3M compound.......
|04-21-2014 05:51 PM|
|shine||i can promise you this much , the next time i find something that works well and saves some labor or money i will damn sure keep it to myself.|
|04-21-2014 03:50 PM|
But Pies are round, corn bread is square
|04-21-2014 03:49 PM|
|Lizer||Kelly--when in doubt, the answer is always 3.1415|
|04-21-2014 03:39 PM|
That is exactly what I thought Lizer Chemistry to me is like asking an algebra question, I done well in school with it, but have not used it in several years since and therefore, chemistry and algebra both appear to me as:
"You have 4 apples, 3 oranges, and 1 banana, there is a train leaving New York City traveling 62 MPH and a plane flying out of LA traveling 578.235 MPH, based on the given information, how many shingles are on your neighbors house?"
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d10a1f92-347d-47d7-b161-e5e0843fd8c4 | 2022-05-26T20:55:16+00:00 | 2018-12-31 | 1 | https://www.essence.com/news/money-career/julia-collins-zume-pizza-profile/ | Julia Collins was just a little girl when she discovered her passion for food. Her grandparent’s home in San Francisco became a communal haven where she was able to witness how cooking brought people together. After attending Harvard University as a biomedical engineering major one thing remained: her love of food. This in turn inspired her to seek a career in the business. After developing two successful restaurants in NYC, Collins saw the opportunity to return to her roots in Silicon Valley and combine her love of food and technology with the development of Zume Pizza. Since co-founding the pizza company which is known for its robotic technology that makes pizzas, she is a unicorn in Silicon Valley with a company valued at $2.25 billion after raising an additional $375 million this year. With so much success in just three years with Zume, Collins is stepping down as President and preparing for the next phase of her journey in food tech and her goal of wanting her 11-month-old son to inherit a planet that’s healthier than the one that we’re living on right now. Ahead, Collins shared with ESSENCE her humble beginnings in the food industry, the challenges Black women face in Silicon Valley and what her plans are for her new company:How did you get your start in the food industry? There was nothing that would please my family more than for me to get this incredible degree in [biomedical engineering]. The problem is I wasn’t living my authentic truth. You know, even at 18 years old, I knew that it just wasn’t for me. It wasn’t until I came to Stanford Business School and I permitted myself to live in my authentic truth and to say to myself, ‘Julia, it’s food, this is what is meant for you. This is what the universe is calling you to do.’ I was fortunate that [restaurateur] Danny Meyer gave me my first job in the business. He took a chance on me, and that was the turning point in my career when I got to be a summer intern at Union Square Hospitality Group where the early Shake Shack was being formed. I can’t claim any success for that enterprise, but I had the good fortune of working for Randy Garutti who is now the CEO of Shake Shack and working for Danny Meyer, who’s been a most well-loved person in the world of restaurant development. I was working for Richard Coraine, who’s probably the smartest person in the world of restaurant development on earth. After that I knew that I couldn’t do anything else with my life. I had to be in the food business, and so when I graduated from Stanford Business School, I went back to work for Danny before going on to start my other food businesses. After building your résumé working with companies like Shake Shack and Murray’s Cheese and founding and owning two popular New York City restaurants Mexicue and The Cecil, why did you return to San Francisco?I knew that the timing was right. I knew that I’d be able to get traction for the idea [of Zume]. I knew that the investment community was beginning to think about food, and all the conditions were right for me to move here and build this business from the ground up, but it didn’t exist before I got here. Tell me about Zume.I’m so incredibly proud of Zume Pizza because it’s the first time in my career when I’ve had the opportunity to build a company that innovated across so many elements of the food industry. Not just the nature of work in the food industry, not only the quality of the supply chain in the food industry but also the health of the food and the taste of the food. That’s what was so exciting about Zume Pizza, and that’s why I knew that 2015 was the right time for me to move to Silicon Valley and work on this, because I could see that the market conditions were completely optimal. I was going to be able to get customers to love what I was doing; I was going to be able to get employees to want to come and work for us and I was going to be able to get investment from the investment community. Where do you see the food industry headed towards in the next few years and how is your company Zume leading the way?What has to happen is we have to make a significant correction regarding the way that we are eating, the way that we are growing, the way that we’re delivering food. By the year 2050, there’ll be 9.7 billion people living on planet earth. We have already reached the limit of arable land, and water in certain parts of the world over-consumption of beef in North America, combined with the rise of the middle class elsewhere in the world is creating a massive surge in global warming. Nitrogen runoff from agriculture and livestock is creating dead zones in our states, and we’re on the verge of a global ecological disaster. Companies like Zume are incredibly important because they’re using technology to create a better future for food. We’re using innovation in growing and distribution to shorten the supply chain. We’re using menu development to create an appetite for fresh produce so that customers lessen their dependence on red meat and replaced that with a joy and a love for vegetables and fresh produce. We do that by sourcing from local purveyors. We also have to think about the jobs that are involved in the food industry, and we were always very proud that through automation we were able to create better safer jobs. Eliminating tasks that are dangerous, like sticking your hand in and out of an 800-degree pizza oven and letting a robot do that task so that you preserve the occupation of being a cook. You preserve the job, but you remove the tasks that are dirty, dangerous and dull — all of those things that human beings shouldn’t be doing.
Last year, your company raised $48 million. You’ve raised $375 million with Softbank Capital this year. What does it take to reach such milestones in two years? I want to preface this by saying I don’t value myself as an entrepreneur based on the valuation of my company. I don’t value myself as a leader based on the size of my last fundraising round. The point is the impact that we’re having with our company. If we think about a different milestone, how many jobs were created in a year, that’s a significant milestone and what it takes for me is a commitment as a leader to living your values. It’s a commitment to doing the right thing to being with your team and to putting your energy and putting your money where your mouth is. To go from just myself and the cofounders sitting on a card table, to having 270 people gainfully employed by our company in such a short time. That’s a huge milestone, but it takes a lot of hard work. I think it takes a commitment to live your values because ultimately your customers, your employees, and the investment community are going to measure you based on that. What were some of the challenges that you faced as a woman trying to raise money in food tech, and how did you overcome them? I was surprised when I got to Silicon Valley; the situation was as dire as it was regarding the utter lack of representation in the room. I rarely ever met a female investor, let alone a Black female investor. That has changed a little bit now that I’ve broadened my network in the Valley. When I did find a woman present in the room, it changed the dynamic. It felt like that team was listening to me in a way that I didn’t feel when I was in a room of all male investors…Many of these investors simply do not have friends of color. They do not have powerful friends that are women, and so the context that they’re always using is, ‘Well, maybe I’ll ask my wife if that’s a good idea.’ I think what happened is many of these investors move in circles that are homogenous and so when they enter the boardroom; they don’t have the experience of understanding how to see a Black woman, how to empathize with her. That’s one of the issues that I see; it’s just a culture of homogeneity that’s pervasive in both social and professional circles. One of the problems that we have is when people talk about diversity in the Valley, they’re not talking about intersectionality. They’re not talking about the unique experience of being Black and a woman or being differently abled and a woman or being queer and a woman. They’re just sometimes looking at increasing participation by women and if we’re only making a change regarding increasing the number of white and Asian women, if that’s what we’re doing, then we’re not solving the problem. You’ve helped to build this company you’ve created, you have 270 people who are gainfully employed. You’re making way with trying to create opportunities for other Black girls in Silicon Valley, so what’s next for you? I am so excited that I have the opportunity to use all of the learning and all of the momentum that I gained while I was at Zume to build my next company. The company is going to be the first food company built on a 100 percent regenerative supply chain. This means that we’re moving beyond just organic food or moving beyond just sustainable food. We’re moving into food and food products that actually regenerate, replenish, and heal the earth. For example, if Americans ate 10 percent less red meat and replaced that red meat with beans, lentils, lagoons, we could reduce global warming in America to the tune of something like taking 25 million cars off the road. I’m building a food company that relies on a regenerative supply chain so that we can begin to turn back the hands of time. With regenerative agriculture, we can do that. The other thing I care a lot about is social justice, and so I’m doubling down on the work that I’m doing with Black Girls Code and I’m also going to be doing some angel investing, really focusing on female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color and I’m going to be launching both of those initiatives in 2019. Why did you decide to leave Zume at this moment, a company you’ve worked so hard and long to build, what does it feel like to step away? I can only tell you that it’s bittersweet. The hardest thing to leave behind is the team. This is the first time in my life when I truly have the freedom to do absolutely whatever I want, and although I’d been an entrepreneur in the past, I’ve never had the level of knowledge, momentum, and access, that I do now. I feel like to whom much is given, much is expected, and because of all the incredible fortune that I’ve had to this point, I think that it is my absolute duty to create something to create a business that has the maximum amount of impact. | 2,346 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662625600.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526193923-20220526223923-00011.warc.gz | 0.973896 |
00575aa5-3356-4efc-bcff-08b68c1e64c2 | 2022-05-16T23:17:06+00:00 | 2020-02-15 | 1 | https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/disney-is-pitching-developers-to-make-more-licensed-games/ | After everything that happened with Disney Infinity and The House of Mouse’s relationship with games in the past, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Disney were happy to remain a step removed from the video game industry. As it turns out, Mickey Mouse wants to get back into gaming.
Sean Shoptaw, vice president of gaming and interactive experiences at Disney, reportedly made the pitch to game developers during this year’s DICE summit in Las Vegas. “I’m here for one specific reason: to empower you to do really unique things with our [catalog] … we want to tap into the power of creatives across the industry,” Hollywood Reporter quoted Hoptaw as saying.
Disney’s previous experience in managing game development hasn’t always worked out – there’s plenty of great Disney games that ended up on the cutting room floor – but recent experiences have clearly caught their eye when it comes to licensing out their back catalog. Jedi Fallen Order is on track to sell more than 10 million units, according to EA, and the game hasn’t released a single piece of DLC yet. There’s also the success of Kingdom Hearts 3, and the influence of the success other publishers are having with reinterpretations or reimaginations of classic IP (like Insomniac’s Spider-Man).
Imagine Captain Woody and his fearless crew of toys journeying from planet to planet, looking for signs of life and new lands to explore. Tasked by Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the rinky dink cast of Toy Story were going to explore the edges of space, helping colonies of toys from all over the galaxy.Read more
Disney’s bank of IP is a lot bigger these days after the 20th Century Fox acquisition too, meaning that Disney can get developers to pitch them video game adaptations of things like Avatar, Alien vs Predator, M*A*S*H*, X-Men, Deadpool, Die Hard. (Ubisoft has already been working on a video game adaptation of Avatar, and hopefully with the new consoles we might see something about it this year.)
With the rise of live services and games like Sea of Thieves – not to mention how good the recreation in Kingdom Hearts 3 was – I’m still hopeful that Pirates of the Carribean will get the right video game treatment one day. But we’ve been down that road before and failed.
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098faed7-5069-4536-a86e-c5dd7720b162 | 2018-08-20T20:46:09+00:00 | 2018-08-20 | 0 | http://www.trinityquiltdesigns.com/about-us/ | The staff members of Trinity Designs are all quilters and we are committed to providing the highest level of customer service. We strive to make quilting patterns to help in your everyday quilting projects.
The everyday purpose of our company is to glorify God through our business transactions, our work and our relationships.
Our shipping facilities are located in Wellington, Nevada. We sit at the foothills of the Sierras just a few miles from the beautiful Lake Tahoe.
We are delighted to have you shopping with us!
-Marianne Christensen and staff
DBA Trinity Quilt Designs
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48092db1-2d1b-4b11-9802-8c3ec2af3498 | 2015-04-01T22:37:14+00:00 | 2009-11-02 | 0 | http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=3589 | November 2, 2009 9:49:00 AM
Area residents were in health departments early this morning to get vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu.
Dosages of the vaccine for swine flu became available this morning at health departments throughout the state.
Lowndes County Health Department Spokeswoman Brenda Martin said this morning they have 600 doses available, and residents -- she did not specify how many -- already had arrived to get the vaccine.
The vaccine is available for pregnant women, children ages 6 months to 4 years and those sharing a home with or providing care for infants.
"That is what we are telling people who come to the clinic because that is our instructions from the State Department of Health," Martin said.
Gay Willcutt, a nurse with the Oktibbeha County Health Department, said they have 300 doses of the vaccine.
Those who getting the vaccine need to have their Social Security number with them, said Martin.
"If they are on Medicare or Medicaid, or the CHIP (Child Health Insurance Plan), they need to bring their card," she said.
Officials with health departments in Clay, Monroe and Noxubee counties did not have specific numbers of the amount of the H1N1 vaccine distributed to them, but the Mississippi State Department of Health said the vaccine is being distributed according to the county''s population needs, and the amounts change as it becomes more available.
For those getting the vaccine in Lowndes County, Martin said the health department is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
"We stop seeing patients at 4 p.m.," she said.
The Oktibbeha County Health Department is open Monday-Friday from 8-5 p.m.
"They need to come before 3," Willcutt said.
Diane Clark, a coordinating nurse with the Monroe County Health Department in Amory, said the Amory clinic is open Monday-Thursday from 8-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. The Aberdeen clinic is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at the same times.
"If people need the vaccine on Wednesdays, they can come to Amory, If they need it on Friday, they need to come to Aberdeen," she said.
The Clay County Health Department is open Monday-Friday from 8-11 a.m., and 1-4 p.m. The Noxubee County Health Department is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Allen Baswell is a former staff reporter for The Dispatch
lee commented at 11/2/2009 11:15:00 AM:
The Vaccine could cause long term dangerous effects.
matt commented at 11/2/2009 12:44:00 PM:
So could the polio vaccine as a matter of fact so can all vaccines but the things they prevent are much more dangerous then the vaccines. My son has received this vaccine today and so should all children in the danger groups. I would not let a few misinformed people put my childs life in danger. My girlfriend today had an uneducated girl tell her that she wouldn't have her child take the vaccine if she were her but at the same time was smoking cigarettes while pregnant.
ruby commented at 11/10/2009 4:32:00 PM:
I am neither uninformed or uneducated and my children will not be getting it. It is up to the parents to make that decision we have done that looking at pros and cons, so not everyone who is against the H1N1 vaccine is uneducated or misinformed, and not all Physicians believe it is right for everyone to be vaccinated with this vaccine!!.............
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48b060e9-cd6d-4f28-b8d4-a6c031886e93 | 2016-07-29T17:59:09+00:00 | 2012-11-28 | 0 | http://www.nzherald.co.nz/pike-river-mine-blast/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503000&objectid=10853852 | Prime Minister John Key today fronted an at times angry group of Pike River Mine families in Greymouth to apologise - and pledge funding of about $10 million to recover the main tunnel.
Mr Key said afterwards it was important to apologise face to face on behalf of the Government, but he stuck to his view that recovering the 29 bodies from the main workings of the mine remained unlikely.
Most families stayed until the end but some left early, with Anna Osborne saying she did not even want an apology: "It's far too late, two years down the track.''
She attended the meeting to stress the need to bring home the men, and said Mr Key told them money would not be an issue when it came to recovering the main tunnel (drift).
Lawrie Drew, who also left early, said everyone was at a stalemate, with the Government advisers saying one thing and the families' advisers another.
"It's the same merry-go-round.''
Mr Key acknowledged the families had been frustrated by his message that a body recovery remained unlikely. He stressed to journalists that the Royal Commission itself cautioned against such a bid.
He did not want to leave the families with false hope, he said.
However, he said the Government would fund the drift recovery, and noting that the figure of $10m had been suggested.
In his letter to families, delivered last week, Mr Key said he regretted "deeply'' the lives lost and the suffering caused.
He said the Royal Commission's report painted a disturbing picture of corporate and regulatory failure.
"On behalf of the Government, I want to reiterate my apology to the families, friends and loved ones of the deceased men for the role this lack of regulatory effectiveness played in the tragedy.''
But he also said the mine's new owner, Solid Energy, remained of the view that re-entry further into the mine was too risky.
Mr Key said Bruce Parkes, a senior manager at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment was the new liaison between the families and Government. | 418 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257831770.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071031-00212-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.979955 |
102b0f52-1110-46fe-99ab-a86a83dcd489 | 2013-05-18T17:38:10+00:00 | 2013-05-14 | 0 | http://k2radio.com/car-per-man-proposed-for-casper-police-department/ | Car-Per-Man Proposed For Casper Police Department
Casper City Council will consider investment in a Car-Per-Man program for the city’s police force when it carries out budget hearings at the end of the month.
At its work session Tuesday, Chief of Police Chris Walsh, outlined proven benefits that include lowered maintenance, operation and replacement costs, man hours saved, faster call out times, plus acting as a morale boost and likely officer retention tool.
“And you would see this improvement and presence of police officers, marked police cars, that definitely serve as a deterrent for criminal issues, for traffic issues. It helps stabilize all those things that everybody gets frustrated with. Ya know, Where’s a cop when you need em.”
Walsh points out that most major cities in Wyoming already operate on a one-to-one basis, that is, one car per officer. All report positive results.
The upfront investment has council wavering as to how quick it could be implemented. Anticipated start up would be just under $2.4 million for purchase of an additional 42 vehicles. | 231 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.949433 |
54f736e7-f00a-42f5-a660-f7265951d40f | 2022-05-27T06:57:16+00:00 | 1988-12-31 | 0 | https://www.cs.nmsu.edu/ALP/the-association-for-logic-programming/policies-2/alp-by-laws/ | ASSOCIATION FOR LOGIC PROGRAMMING CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 1. MEMBERS 1.1 Classes of Members The Association shall have five classes of members: - Regular Members, - Affiliated Members, who shall have all the rights and privileges of Regular Members except the right to vote, - Student Members, who shall have all the rights and privileges of Regular Members except the right to vote, - Honorary Members, who shall have all the rights and privileges of Regular Members except that the annual subscription shall be waived, - Honorary Student Members, who shall have all the rights and privileges of Student Members except that the annual subscription shall be waived, - Institutional Members, who shall have all the rights and privileges of Regular Members except the right to vote. 1.2 Membership 1.2.1 Membership shall be open to persons interested in the study of Logic Programming and the design of Logic Programming systems. Corporate bodies, departments in educational establishments and libraries with interests in this field of activity may be admitted as Institutional Members. 1.2.2 Any person may become a Member upon acceptance of an application for membership by the Executive Council and payment of the subscription. 1.2.3 By decision of the Executive Council any other Society or Association with interests in Logic Programming may be accorded Affiliated Status. All members of an affiliated society shall become Affiliated Members of the Association. 1.2.4 Annual subscriptions shall be determined by the Executive Council. 1.3 Voting Rights Each Regular Member shall be entitled to one vote of any vote of the membership. 1.4 Right to inspect documents Any Member shall be entitled to inspect the books and records of the Association at the Head Office from time to time of the Association during normal working hours on reasonable prior notice for any proper purpose. 1.5 Termination of Membership 1.5.1 If a Member shall fail to pay the current subscription within the renewal period set by the Secretary, then that Member's membership shall terminate automatically. 1.5.2 The Executive Council shall have the right to suspend or expel any Member by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the Members of the Executive Council. 1.5.3 Any Member may resign by sending a written resignation to the Secretary. 1.6 Reinstatement The Executive Council may reinstate a former Member who has applied to the Secretary-Treasurer in writing for reinstatement. 1.7 Transfer of membership Membership of the Association is not transferable. ARTICLE 2 MEETINGS OF MEMBERS 2.1 A meeting of Members shall normally be held annually at the meeting of the International Conference on Logic Programming. If there shall be no meeting of this Conference in any year then a meeting of Members may be held at a time and place specified by the Executive Council to be announced in the Newsletter. 2.2 Voting at the annual meeting shall be by show of hands unless a secret ballot is requested by any Member. The result of any vote shall be announced before the termination or adjournment of the meeting. ARTICLE 3 MANNER OF VOTING 3.1 Except at an annual meeting all voting by the membership shall be conducted by post. 3.2 No Member shall be entitled to appoint a proxy. 3.3 Unless otherwise stated in these Articles any vote shall be decided by a simple majority. ARTICLE 4 ELECTIONS 4.1 An Election Committee shall be appointed by the Executive Council and shall be responsible for the conduct of elections. 4.2 Unless otherwise determined by the Executive Council not later than 1st July in any Election Year, the Election Date shall be 30th November. 4.3 The Election Committee shall nominate one or more persons for the position of President and for any positions falling vacant on the Executive Council. 4.4 The Election Committee shall circulate such nominations to the membership not less than thirty days before the Election Date. The Election Committee shall include in the list of nominations any name submitted to it before such circulation and supported by ten Members. 4.5 All terms of office shall run from 1st January in the year following the election. 4.6 Any vacancy which occurs on the Executive Council after 1st August in any year may be filled by the Executive Council until the next scheduled election. ARTICLE 5 OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION 5.1 The Association shall have the following Officers who shall be elected by a vote of the Membership: (a) President (who shall be elected for a two-year term). Unless re-elected, at the end of his term of office he/she shall automatically become Past-President and serve in that capacity until the newly elected President becomes the Past-President. (b) Seven Executive Committee members (who shall normally be elected for a term of four years: of those elected in the first election in 1988, however, four shall serve for the four-year term but the other three shall serve for two years only - unless re-elected). (c) No such Officer may serve more than two consecutive terms in the same capacity. 5.2 In addition the Association shall have a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Conference Coordinator, a Conference Budget Auditor and an Editor of the Newsletter who shall be appointed as Officers by the Executive Council and who shall serve for such term as the Executive Council shall determine. 5.3 All Officers must be Members of the Association. 5.4 The Officers of the Association shall fulfil the following functions: 5.4.1 The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Association. He/she shall: (a) supervise the affairs of the Association, (b) normally chair all meetings of Members and of the Executive Council: if for any reason he/she is absent he/she may nominate any other Officer of the Association to chair any such meeting, (c) have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Association. 5.4.2 The Secretary shall: (a) keep or cause to be kept correct and complete: (i) minutes of meetings of Members, the Executive Council and committees of the Association, (ii) a register of Members entitled to vote together with their addresses. 5.4.3 The Treasurer shall (a) keep correct and complete books and records of accounts, (b) receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the Association and make deposits in banks, trust companies or other depositories selected by him/her or by the Executive Council, (c) be custodian of records of the Association and of any company formed by the Association for the management of its affairs, (d) prepare annual account summaries that are published in the Newsletter once every year, (e) monitor on a regular basis the finances of the Association, and, particularly, its cash flow situation for the forthcoming period (typically 12 to 24 months) 5.4.4 The Conference Co-ordinator shall have overall responsibility for co-ordinating meetings of adopted Conferences and Workshops of the Association and for liaising with the organisers of co-sponsored Conferences. 5.4.5 The role of the Conference Budget Auditor is to liaise with the Conference Chairman of each adopted/sponsored Conference and to agree with the Conference Chair the proposed budget for the Conference. 5.4.6 The Newsletter Editor shall have responsibility for editing and publishing the Association Newsletter under the overall direction of the Publications Committee. ARTICLE 6 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 6.1.1 The Executive Council shall consist of the President, the Past President of the Association and the seven Executive Committee members. Other Officers of the Association and Chairmen of Appointed Committees shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Executive Council but shall not be entitled to vote in decisions taken by the Executive Council. They are not members of the Executive Council. 6.1.2 The Executive Council shall be entitled to admit to any meeting of the Executive Council any other Member of the Association, but such Members shall not be entitled to vote. 6.1.3 A quorum for the purposes of the Executive Council shall consist of five members of the Executive Council. 6.2 The Executive Council shall meet once a year during the International Conference on Logic Programming and at such other times as it shall determine. 6.3 The Executive Council shall manage the affairs of the Association including (but not by way of limitation) setting the amount of the annual subscription rates for each class of Member (which shall be reviewed annually) and the qualification for membership. 6.4 No elected member of the Executive Council shall receive any salary for his/her services as a member of the Executive Council but this shall not prevent such an elected member from serving the Association in some other capacity which carries a salary. 6.5 The Executive Council may authorise: (a) any Officer or agent of the Association to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Association, (b) the Secretary, the President and/or any other Officer or agent of the Association to sign any cheque, draft or order of payment. Any cheque above the value of One Thousand Pounds (or such other sum as the Executive Council may from time to time substitute there for) must be signed by the President or such other two persons as the Executive Council may from time to time authorise. 6.6 Decisions of the Executive Council may be made by votes sent to the President or Secretary by ordinary or electronic mail. A quorum for such votes shall consist of five members of the Executive Council. ARTICLE 7 COMMITTEES 7.1 The Executive Council may appoint the following committees and such other committee(s) as it may deem appropriate: (a) The Election Committee, which shall be responsible for the conduct of elections. (b) The Program Committee for each meeting of an adopted conference. The membership of the Program Committee is determined by the Executive Council taking into account the recommendations of the Chairman of the Program Committee. The Chairman of the Program Committee shall be the Editor of the Proceedings of the meeting of the Conference and, together with the President, shall be responsible for arranging the publication of the Proceedings. (c) The Conference Organisation Committee for each meeting of an adopted Conference, which will be responsible for the planning and execution of that meeting of the Conference. The Conference Co-ordinator shall be a member of every Conference Organisation Committee formed during his term of office. The Chairman of the Conference Organisation Committee shall be the General Chairman of the meeting of the Conference. (d) The Publications Committee, which shall be responsible for the Newsletter of the Association and/or any other publication specified by the Executive Council, which shall appoint the members and Chairperson of the Committee. The Editor of the Newsletter shall also be a member of the Publications Committee. ARTICLE 8 CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS 8.1 An Association Conference is a conference/workshop (which may include a co-sponsored conference/workshop) which has been formally adopted by the Association by means of a two-thirds vote of the Executive Council. 8.2 The Executive Council will appoint the General Chairman and the Chairman of the Program Committee and decide the date and location of each meeting of an adopted Conference. 8.3 Unless otherwise decided by the Executive Council, the Association shall be entitled to all net profits engendered by a meeting of an adopted Conference and to all royalties arising from the sale of any publication of the Proceedings of such meeting. 8.4 The International Logic Programming Conference and the International Logic Programming Symposium are Conferences which have been formally adopted by the Association. 8.5.1 The Association may also co-sponsor a conference/workshop in an area related to Logic Programming as determined by a two-thirds vote of the Executive Council. 8.5.2 In return for such co-sponsorship, the Association shall be entitled to such a share of the profits engendered by the co-sponsored conference/workshop and of the royalties arising from the sale of any publication of proceedings of such conference/workshop as determined by the Executive Council. ARTICLE 9 PUBLICATION OF A NEWSLETTER 9.1 The Association shall publish at least once per year a Newsletter which shall be distributed to all Members free of charge. ARTICLE 10 ADMINISTRATION 10.1 The Association has procured the incorporation of the Association for Logic Programming Limited, a private limited company resident in England and Wales to administer the functions of the Association. The President, and such other Officers of the Association as the Executive Council may nominate, shall be directors of the Company and the Secretary shall be its secretary. All funds received by the Association shall be paid into the Company and its audited accounts shall be published annually in the Newsletter. ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION 11.1 The Constitution of the Association may be altered: (a) by a majority vote of the Association provided that at least one-third of the total membership shall vote in favour, or (b) by resolution of the Executive Council with not less than six Members of the Executive Council voting in favour of the resolution. | 2,648 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662636717.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527050925-20220527080925-00608.warc.gz | 0.950514 |
ece35e25-b624-4aa1-a871-0eef207cd19b | 2015-03-30T23:17:21+00:00 | 2012-10-10 | 1 | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-10-10/abu-qatada-asks-london-judges-to-block-extradition-to-jordan-1-.html | Abu Qatada Asks London Judges to Block Extradition to Jordan
Abu Qatada, an Islamic cleric accused of having links to the al-Qaeda terrorist group, asked a U.K. judge to block his extradition to Jordan.
The 51-year-old terror suspect, whose real name is Omar Othman, began an eight-day case at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in London today to avoid facing trial for terror-related offenses in Jordan.
The latest hearing follows a series of attempts to avoid deportation by Abu Qatada, whose lawyers say he has been subject to the longest period of administrative detention in recent English history. Two U.K. judges last week refused to block the extradition of another cleric, 54-year-old Abu Hamza, to the U.S. after eight years of legal wrangling, part of which included a U.K. prison sentence for encouraging followers to kill Jews and other non-Muslims.
Abu Qatada, who denies links to al-Qaeda, was briefly released from U.K. custody in February after the Strasbourg, France-based European Court of Human Rights ruled his right to a fair trial may be violated by his deportation. The U.K. subsequently said it received assurances from Jordan he would receive a fair, civilian trial and British police re-arrested him April 17.
The human rights court refused in May to hear an appeal by Abu Qatada against the U.K. deportation order on separate grounds that he may face torture in Jordan.
He was also denied bail by a London court in May. The judge in that case ruled security resources would be in high demand during the Olympic Games and releasing Abu Qatada would place an unnecessary burden on police. His lawyers then failed in July to convince a London court to review the decision.
To contact the reporter on this story: Jeremy Hodges in London at [email protected]
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f229427b-8d8e-442b-a8c0-999ff4fbfe95 | 2022-05-23T07:38:56+00:00 | 2021-11-01 | 0 | https://krfofm.com/the-only-place-to-see-the-canadian-pacific-holiday-train-in-2021/ | The Only Place To See The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train in 2021
The Candian Pacific Holiday Train started chugging around Canada and the United States back in 1999 with the goal of spreading holiday cheer and raising funds for local food banks. Keith Creel, the President and Cheif Executive Officer for Canadian Pacific, said, "The spirit of the Holiday Train is about giving generously and inspiring those around us to give as well."
The train has certainly inspired donations at each of its stops. Since 1999 Canadian Pacific has raised close to $20-million dollars and collected nearly 5-million pounds of food.
Last year the train didn't travel from city to city because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, organizers hosted a virtual event that featured several musical acts.
I was hoping things would return to normal this year because I really wanted to take my kids. I have a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy who have never seen the train. They love everything about Christmas so I know they're going to freak out when they finally get to see it in person.
Unfortunately, that won't be this year. The only place to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train in 2021 is going to be online. Earlier this month organizers made the decision to keep the train off the tracks and hold another virtual event this year. Additional details on how and when to watch the virtual program will be posted here in the coming weeks.
While we are disappointed we again cannot bring the Holiday Train to communities, we are honored to run a virtual program and continue to support communities and food banks across our network as they work to address food insecurity in North America." - Keith Creel, President and Cheif Executive Officer for Canadian Pacific. | 354 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662556725.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523071517-20220523101517-00608.warc.gz | 0.966692 |
52c8e21e-32e4-4657-b9ba-5a3bfc02cdda | 2018-08-20T17:16:46+00:00 | 2018-04-26 | 1 | http://az732437.vo.msecnd.net/advanced-engineering/news/foresight-williams-technology-eis-fund-invests-into-geospatial-insight | Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund invests £1.68m into Geospatial Insight
• Geospatial Insight is a leading provider of satellite imagery analysis for insurance, investment and corporate sectors
• Established team with +20-year track record in the sector
• The Fund supports disruptive technologies with high performance engineering capability and proven investment management
LONDON, 26 April 2018: Foresight Group (“Foresight”) announces the £1.68 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund (“the Fund”) into Geospatial Insight (the “Company”).
Geospatial Insight is a leading provider of satellite imagery analysis for the insurance, investment and corporate sectors. Their product combines satellite imagery with video, positioning and commercial data and provides qualitative and quantitative analysis to produce actionable business intelligence tailored specifically to their clients. The Company also provides loss estimation and claims analysis services to the insurance sector.
Established in 2012 by industry experts Dave Fox (CEO), Dan Schnurr (CIO), Adrian Watson (CFO) and Paul Fearn (CTO), a team that has worked together for more than 20 years in the sector, Geospatial Insight currently has 28 employees and plans to hire additional developers to expand its machine learning capabilities as well as specialist business development staff.
Alongside the Fund’s investment, Geospatial Insight will benefit from the investment management and growth experience from Foresight’s team of investment professionals. In addition, the Company will benefit from the link to Williams Advanced Engineering (“Williams”) who are well-equipped to help accelerate the development of Geospatial Insight’s machine learning capabilities. The Company’s focus will continue to be on the creation of scalable information products, delivered by proprietary machine learning software, enabling significant reductions in labour costs and greater overall capacity.
John Holden, Principal, Foresight said: “We are delighted to be backing this experienced and capable team. Since the company’s foundation in 2012, they have established a strong market position and our investment will support further product development and a growing customer base. The Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund has had a busy and successful start to 2018 and we look forward to the rest of the year with more deals in the pipeline.”
Craig Wilson, Managing Director, Williams Advanced Engineering, said: “Williams is pleased to be entering into this new partnership agreement with Geospatial Insight and to have the opportunity to be involved in enhancing its valuable business intelligence service offerings within a growing market.”
Dave Fox, CEO, Geospatial Insight said: “We are delighted to receive investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund. During the next 12 months we will be strengthening our machine learning expertise and developing new customer propositions that better inform enterprise decision making. By doing so we will also further extend our unique expertise and solidify our position as market leaders in intelligence derived from satellite, aerial and drone imagery.”
This is the Fund’s fourth investment, following investments into following a £500,000 investment into Southampton-based Utonomy, a ground-breaking intelligent gas grid solutions provider last September; Codeplay, an Edinburgh-based software developer and software consultancy business involved in Heterogeneous Systems and The Salford Valve Company (“Salvalco”), a company providing ecologically sustainable aerosol valves. | 711 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221216718.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20180820160510-20180820180510-00602.warc.gz | 0.930818 |
a83f5a6d-90b0-47ac-ae59-e724bb3cb878 | 2015-03-30T05:54:37+00:00 | 2013-04-04 | 1 | http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3186342/Rotating-Equipment-Drivers/Shell-looks-to-sell-Geelong-refinery-in-Australia.html | By ROSS KELLY
SYDNEY -- Royal Dutch Shell said it plans to sell its only
oil refinery in Australia, as the local industry struggles to
compete with low-cost operators in Asia.
The number of refineries in Australia has dwindled in recent
years as vast new processing facilities have sprung up in India, Singapore and elsewhere in
the region, producing products such as gasoline, jet fuel and
motor oil more cheaply.
The Anglo-Dutch oil company said Thursday it may convert its
refinery in Geelong to a fuel import
terminal if it can't find a buyer. The plant, near the
country's second-most populous city, Melbourne, currently
supplies about half of Victoria state's fuel. It employs about
450 staff, plus between 100 and 150 contractors.
Shell has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to assist with
the sale process, which it expects to complete by the end of
Last year, the company converted a refinery in the commercial capital,
Sydney, to an import terminal. Caltex Australia, half-owned by
Chevron, plans to make a similar conversion to its Sydney
refinery next year.
The Geelong plant is larger than Shell's former Sydney
operation, producing up to 120,000 bpd of crude oil. It can
process cheaper types of crude and also makes a larger range of
products including solvents, high-octane gasoline and bitumen,
potentially making it a more attractive sale target.
"Every refinery in Australia is different," said Andrew
Smith, the head of Shell Australia's refining unit. He declined to
comment on whether the refinery is profitable, or if it has
attracted any early buyer interest.
Among the handful of remaining refineries in Australia,
Caltex has another plant in Brisbane, BP owns refineries in
Perth and Brisbane, and ExxonMobil has a refinery in Melbourne.
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5c28dcaf-3107-4788-9469-3ef20a185eab | 2020-10-27T23:00:43+00:00 | 2020-10-27 | 1 | https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/saab-to-reshore-defence-health-system-business | SAAB Australia is to relocate its global Deployable Health System Design and Development Centre from Europe to Australia following the win of a $370 million defence contract to deliver cutting-edge deployable health equipment.
The first five-years of the contract will see Saab Australia enhance the ADF’s clinical health care response capability by delivering more than 500 deployable health modules.
The modules will provide a different health function, such as pathology, intensive care, treatment and holding, resuscitation, surgery, primary dental care, imaging, and environmental health.
Around $240 million of the contract value to be spent in Australia.
Minister for defence Linda Reynolds said the new health modules would align with cutting-edge international military health capabilities.
She said: “The performance-based support contract with Saab Australia will increase efficiency, reduce overheads, and most importantly, provide the ADF with flexibility to refresh health technology to meet evolving operational requirements, including domestic and regional humanitarian deployments.”
As part of the contract Saab Australia will establish a Deployable Health Capability Support Centre in south-east Queensland, creating 50 new full-time positions.
The site of the centre has not yet been selected.
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bb67397d-1e88-4852-a784-18c877768198 | 2017-08-24T08:29:34+00:00 | 2013-10-01 | 0 | https://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/your-14-year-old-personality-nothing-you-77 | Think back to what you were like as a young teen. Were you shy or outgoing, happy or moody, responsible or not so much? Now look at yourself as an adult. Despite changes in your fashion sense and music taste, has your personality stayed pretty much the same?
Past research has found that personality typically remains relatively stable from adolescence into early adulthood, but until recently few studies have looked at the long term. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh believe they've completed the longest-ever personality study, measuring personality in the same group of people in early adolescence, then again in their much later years. The results, published in the journal Psychology and Aging, found that there may not be much of a correlation between people's personalities at 14 and their personalities at 77.
“Personality in older age may be quite different from personality in childhood,” the researchers concluded.
For the first part of the study, researchers used data from a 1950 study in Scotland where teachers rated their 14-year-old students on six personality characteristics: self-confidence, perseverance, stability of moods, conscientiousness, originality and desire to excel.
In 2012, the researchers tracked down 635 of those teens who had been assessed more than six decades earlier. Of that group, 174 agreed to take part in a new survey a year later. Now 77 years old, they rated themselves on the same personality traits teachers had rated them on so many years earlier. In addition, they nominated a close friend or family member to rate them on the same characteristics, too.
Personality changes through life
The researchers found there was no significant correlation between the ratings teachers had offered when the participants were 14 and the personality ratings participants gave themselves or the ones their friends gave them at age 77.
"We hypothesized that we would find evidence of personality stability over an even longer period of 63 years, but our correlations did not support this hypothesis, appearing inconsistent with previous results," the researchers wrote.
So the teenage you may not even remotely resemble the more senior version of yourself, it turns out.
"Personality changes only gradually throughout life, but by older age it may be quite different from personality in childhood," the researchers conclude. "Future studies should focus on developing better understanding of how and why personality changes throughout the life course." | 470 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886133447.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824082227-20170824102227-00442.warc.gz | 0.972921 |
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b8df8e15-cf39-46fb-979b-091ca5f5fc94 | 2020-10-22T20:23:25+00:00 | 2015-08-22 | 1 | http://tabooya.com/blog/2015/08/22/lost-nazi-train-filled-with-treasure-found-poland-officials-say/ | According to Polish officials, two men, one German and one Polish, are claiming to have found a long-forgotten Nazi train filled with treasure near the city of Walbrzych, Vice reported today.
The train’s existence was long thought to be a myth. But Polish officials believe the men’s claim is authentic and are taking the lead seriously, due to the fact that the men hired lawyers and “are demanding 10 percent of the train’s value in exchange for telling authorities its location,” the report said.
“One of the lawyers for the men compared the discovery of the train to the ‘wreck of the Titanic’ on a Polish radio station,” reported AP.
According to WWII historians, “the Nazis had constructed a system of underground tunnels in the region, when it was under German control, to transport materials during the war. The 490-foot train was believed to have left Wroclaw – then Breslau – in 1945 and disappeared somewhere in the mountains. The Nazis later closed the underground tunnels and stations when the war ended, possibly sealing off stolen treasure.”
“The district governor has called a meeting with firefighters, police, military and others to explore how they can safely handle the train if it is finally discovered. Not only could it be armed with explosives, but methane gas underground could add to the risk of an explosion,” the AP report says. | 298 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880038.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022195658-20201022225658-00574.warc.gz | 0.974874 |
0f455861-02a0-4d9f-b804-83d2ff3d1829 | 2015-03-28T14:22:23+00:00 | 2013-11-06 | 1 | http://nsvrc.org/print/news/news-field/21039 | By Jennifer Steinhauer
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assault in the military increased sharply during the last fiscal year, new Pentagon figures showed Wednesday, just weeks before a defense bill with provisions to tackle the problem is expected to reach the Senate floor.
There were 3,553 sexual assault complaints reported to the Defense Department in the first three quarters of the fiscal year, from October 2012 through June, a nearly 50 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. Defense Department officials said the numbers had continued to rise.
The numbers included sexual assaults by civilians on service members and by service members on civilians. Sexual assault was defined in the report as rape, sodomy and other unwanted sexual contact, including touching of private body parts. It did not include sexual harassment, which is handled by another office in the military.
Military officials cast the increase of reported complaints in positive terms and said it showed an increased willingness among victims of assault to come forward. But the numbers are also the latest in a series of developments underscoring the problem of sexual assault in the military, which has vexed Pentagon officials and drawn fire from Congress and the White House.
“More reports mean more victims are getting the necessary health care,” said Maj. Gen. Gary S. Patton, the director of the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. “More reports means a bridge to more cases being investigated by law enforcement and more offenders being held accountable.”
Each year the department reports the number of assault claims, which lag behind a separate survey on sexual assault taken every other year among 1.4 million active-duty service members. Last summer that survey found that about 26,000 men and women in the military were sexually assaulted in 2011, up from 19,000 in 2010.
The release of the new data comes at a time when Congress is considering changes to the military justice system that would give sexual assault victims more resources and possibly reduce the power of military commanders to reverse the convictions of offenders.
On Thursday and Friday a congressional panel will hold public hearings designed to assess the progress of the military in reducing the problem of sexual assault. So far the Pentagon is offering military commanders more education on preventing such assaults, expanding an Air Force program designed to provide legal counsel directly to victims and increasing the accountability for leaders across the chain of command.
In a twist, the Pentagon found that a substantial number of the reported cases of sexual assault — something less than 10 percent — occurred before the victim entered the military.
“Folks have heard about the services and programs that we have for victims, and they are walking in the door to get those services,” General Patton said. “This is a strong indicator that people have heard our message and believe we are going to take care of them.”
The number of cases of sexual assault that occurred before a victim joined the military were included in the 3,553 complaints.
The defense bill that is set to come to the Senate floor this month includes various changes to the military justice system. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, is to offer an amendment that would take sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command and give military prosecutors, rather than accusers’ commanders, the power to decide which cases to try. Pentagon leaders are strongly opposed to Ms. Gillibrand’s amendment.
Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, is pushing legislation that does not go as far. Supported by the Pentagon and Senator Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee, the measure would strip commanders of their ability to overturn jury verdicts and mandate dishonorable discharge or dismissal for anyone convicted of sexual assault. But it would keep control of court-martial proceedings within the chain of command.
Another measure offered this week by Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, would exempt victims of sexual assault from having to testify at what the military calls Article 32 pretrial hearings, which can include cross-examinations of victim that are so intense they frighten many victims from coming forward.
On Wednesday, Ms. Gillibrand made a broad push in an effort to drum up 60 votes in support of her measure.
“There is no accountability,” she said during a news conference on Capitol Hill. “Because the trust that any justice will be served has been irreparably broken under the current system, where commanders hold all the cards over whether a case moves forward for prosecution.”
Ben Klay, a former Marine, choked up as he described the ordeal of his wife, Ariana Klay, a former Marine officer who was sexually assaulted.
“I’m lucky I married someone so strong,” he said, as Ms. Gillibrand and Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, appeared to cry. “Even though she still suffers.”
There remains little support for Ms. Gillibrand’s bill within the Pentagon.
“We want commanders more involved in solving this problem of sexual assault in the military, not less involved,” General Patton said.
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bbfe2d88-850f-43c3-b840-75125c70c111 | 2019-08-17T15:46:23+00:00 | 2015-06-30 | 1 | https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-we-could-put-a-million-people-on-mars-within-a-century-2015-6?utm_source=msn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=msn-story&utm_campaign=bodyurl | If a human colony of just five or six people on Mars still sounds like a distant future dream, just wait till you hear about billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's Mars colony plan.
Musk is thinking much bigger, like closer to one million people bigger.
Sending a handful of people to Mars every few years will never make a thriving colony.
If we want anything close to the industry and infrastructure that's on Earth, we're going to need a huge labor force, Musk said in an interview with Ross Anderson for Aeon Magazine:
Even at a million, you're really assuming an incredible amount of productivity per person, because you would need to recreate the entire industrial base on Mars. You would need to mine and refine all of these different materials, in a much more difficult environment than Earth. There would be no trees growing. There would be no oxygen or nitrogen that are just there. No oil.
A million people sounds crazy right? Just wait, it gets better.
Even assuming you could carry 100 people at a time (and that's assuming a lot since most of the manned spacecraft currently under development are designed to seat about six people), you'd need to find the money for 10,000 launches. All those people will need a lot of supplies too, Musk said. He estimates about 10 cargo trips for every human trip. So that's 100,000 supply launches.
Here's the real kicker though: Musk says all this could happen within a century.
Rumor has it that Musk already has a design for a giant spaceship carrier that could seat 100 people. It's part of what's called the Mars Colonial Transporter plan — a fleet of spaceships and rockets designed for Mars travel. Musk has said he hopes to reveal some of these plans by the end of the year.
Even if Musk can produce these giant ships, the cost of 100,000 launches will be astronomical — if we are doing it in the traditional way. Musk has a plan for that too — he's not the traditional type.
His company SpaceX is working on developing 100% reusable rockets, and after only a few test landings he's getting incredibly close to success: "Rockets are the only form of transportation on Earth where the vehicle is built anew for each journey," Musk said. "What if you had to build a new plane for every flight?"
Reusable rockets would drive the cost down to just tens of thousands of dollars per pound of weight, Musk has estimated. That's about two orders of magnitude cheaper than the current cost. It would make it possible to launch people and supplies much faster. Instead of one launch every few months, reusable rockets mean we could be launching multiple times in a day.
Making all this happen within a century is... optimistic, to say the least.
But dreaming big has made Musk a billionaire and one of the most successful tech entrepreneurs in the world.
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